DIGGING UP THE PAST: Researchers carried out test excavations at two Anping elementary schools in an effort to understand how the area looked 400 years ago
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 07, 2020
By: Staff writer, with CNA
A brick structure believed to date to the Qing Dynasty has been discovered inside the campus of
Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che, center in black coat, on Wednesday listens to National Cheng Kung University Institute of Archaeology chairman Liu Yi-chang, in the white jacket, as he explains an uncovered brick structure dated to the Qing Dynasty, during a visit to Shih-men Elementary School in Anping District.
Photo: CNA / Tainan City Government
In June last year, the Tainan City Government and National Cheng Kung University jointly launch a project for research and education on Fort Zeelandia, also known as Anping Old Fort (安平古堡), as well as an ancient town inside the district.
By referencing historical materials and using topographical and archeological methods, researchers sought to understand what the city was like during its seafaring past.
Researchers carried out test excavations at Shihmen Elementary School and Anping Sword Lion Square (安平劍獅埕), an unnamed Tainan Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage official said.
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