They were excavated in the 1970s from fields at Niushihshui near Tsailiao Village, Tsuochen Rural Township, by Chen Chun-mu, who was one of the first people outside academia to engage in Pingpu research.
這些是民間較早投入平埔研究的陳春木，於七○年代在左鎮鄉菜寮村附近「牛食水」田間挖出。