頂崁子遺址試掘報告

Report on the Test Excavations at the Ting-kan-tzu Site

頂崁子遺址，位於南投縣草屯鎮東方的烏溪南岸上，距草屯鎮市區中心約3公里。由草（屯）埔（里）公路南埔車站邊的田間小徑往北行，約十分鍾的腳程，即可抵達。其在世界橫麥卡脫方格網（Universal Transverse Mercator Grid）中的位置是51 QTS 668548 。

This is a report of the test excavations at the Ting-kan-tsu site. Located m the west of the town of Tsao-t'un, Nant'ou prefecture, the Ting-kan-tsu site was first discovered by the author in 1972 when he was conducting an archaeological survey in the Wu-hsi river valley. In an attempt to further explore the contents and the date of the site as well as its place in the cultural chronology of west-central Taiwan, the author carried out test excavations at Ting-kan-tsu site in 1975. Sixteen test pits were excavated, and more than 40,000 potsherds and 200 stone artifacts were uncovered.