The IHP team's leader, Liu I-chang, soon confirmed that it was a valuable prehistoric site and decided to begin a systematic excavation, the results of which would determine whether the site would be nominated for national-monument status.
考古團隊召集人劉益昌勘查後，確認此為彌足珍貴的台灣史前文化遺址，決定進行計劃性挖掘，再視結果是否申報為國家古蹟。