"The closer a place is to the source of the jade and to the peoples who controlled it, the more likely that place saw the trading of jade." From the large amount of cut semi-finished items and waste jade found at Tamalin, it is very possible that Tamalin was an exchange point for jade between eastern and western Taiwan.
「離玉的生產點，控制玉的族群越近的地方，越有可能成為玉的交換之處」，他說，從大馬璘出現許多切剩的、半成品，以及廢料的玉來看，大馬璘很可能是東西部交換玉的中介點。