Tapenkeng Culture disappeared as of about 4,500 years ago. It was replaced, or succeeded, by a number of individually developing cultures. These include Chihshan'an and Yuanshan cultures in the north, Niumatou and Yingpu in central Taiwan, Peinan and Chilin on the east coast, and Tahu and Niuchoutzu in the south.
大坌坑文化在距今四千五百年左右失去了蹤跡，代之而起的許多個別發展的文化遺址，包括北部的芝山岩文化、圓山文化，中部的牛罵頭、營埔文化，以及東部的卑南、麒麟文化，南部的大湖、牛稠子文化等。