The Yingpu Culture was a late Neolithic

Neolithic

The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...

 (3500 BP

Before Present

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 - 2000 BP) culture centered around the central-west region of Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. It was roughly distributed in the Taichung City, Changhua County

Changhua County

Changhua County is the smallest county in Taiwan located on the westside of Taiwan. It is officially governed as a county of the Republic of China .-Urban townships:# Beidou Township # Erlin Township...

, and Nantou County

Nantou County

Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only landlocked county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau. Nantou County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....

, especially in the mid-down streams of the Choshui River, Tatu River

Tatu River

The Wu River , also known as the Dadu River is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Taichung City, Changhua County and Nantou County for 116km....

, and Tachia River

Tachia River

The Dajia River is a river in north-central Taiwan. It flows through Taichung City for 124 km.The sources of the Dajia are: Hsuehshan and Nanhu Mountain in the Central Mountain Range...

.

The type site is located at Yingpu Village of Dadu, Taichung

Dadu, Taichung

Dadu is a district in southwestern Taichung, Taiwan.- History :*The Yingpu culture was a Late Neolithic culture in mid-Taiwan.*Dadu was the historical capital of the Kingdom of Middag which was established by the Taiwanese aboriginal tribes of Papora, Babuza, Pazeh, and Hoanya.-External links:*...

, it was discovered in 1943 by Kokubu Naoichi (国分直一), a Japanese archaeologist. The excavations of this culture are also found in several other archaeological sites such as the Shuitiliao (水底寮), Tamalin (大馬璘), and Tapingting (大坪頂). The black and red potteries

Pottery

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could be found in these sites.