At Taipei Times there’s a news article about the discovery of ancient Taiwanese relics near a school in Taipei City. The relics are from the Hsuntangpu Culture (訊塘埔文化). They’re estimated to be about 4,500 years old! 
This is the news article:
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City dig uncovers ancient culture
By Mo Yan-chih
STAFF REPORTER
Friday, Jan 05, 2007, Page 1
When archeologist Liu Yi-chang (劉益昌) accepted a request from the Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs to explore historical remains in Taipei Dalongdong Cultural Park, he was looking for relics from the Qing Dynasty.
Digging 3m deep into the park’s Liuyi Plaza, however, what Liu found instead was an “interesting surprise” – some broken pottery pieces that go back 4,500 years.
The artifacts dated from the Hsuntangpu Culture (訊塘埔文化), a prehistoric people who lived in Taiwan in the Mid-Neolithic Period.
It is the second-oldest culture whose archeological remnants have been found in Taipei City, after Tapenkeng Culture (大坌坑文化), which dates back about 5,000 years, Liu said.
“It’s interesting to be able to find historical remains in the Taipei basin, crowded with so many buildings,” Liu said yesterday in the plaza.
Showing 11 pieces of pottery and a stone pestle found on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31, Liu said the pottery could have been used as pots, while he believes the pestle was used to crack nuts.
Other prehistoric archeological sites in Taipei are those of the Chihshanyen Culture (芝山岩文化) and Yuanshan Culture (圓山文化) from the late Neolithic Period. Liu said that prehistoric residents of the Taipei basin had lived in Dalongdong and had later moved to the Chihshanyen and Yuanshan sites.
Sites from the Hsuntangpu Culture have also been found in Kaohsiung and Tainan, and even in the Philippines, he added.
With the latest finding in the plaza, the department called for an immediate halt of a reconstruction project at the adjacent Taipei Municipal Dalong Elementary School.
The school was planning to renovate its parking lot, part of a larger reconstruction project to expand the property of the school.
The project was part of a plan to establish the Datong Culture Park, which will bring together Baoan Temple, Dalong Elementary School and the Confucian Temple into one unit.
The Cultural Resources Preservation Act (文化資產保存法) says that any construction and development works must be terminated once a cultural or historic site is discovered.
Lee Cheng-hsun (李政勳), the school’s principal, said he had already been informed by the department of the discovery, and will cooperate in protecting the relics.
Lee Yung-ping (李永萍), the incoming director of the department, shared Liu’s excitement yesterday at the site, while promising to restore the area’s “traditional flavor” during her term.[/quote]