Technological Innovation and Social Unchange: Iron in Later Prehistoric Taiwan

Acknowledgements: We heartily thank the late Dr. Wu Peihua, as well as Guo Shengwei, Liao Shanyi, and the Li Family for their invaluable support and commitment throughout our work in Taiwan in the last years. Chiang Chihhua and Fang Chenchen have been our indefatigable supporters under any circumstances. Mar Torra, Manolo Presas, Luis Hernández, Sabah Walid, Eva Redondo and Susana Consuegra are our team mates and dear friends. Eva also generously produced planimetric information for this paper. Ignacio Montero stood for the contract issued by MCB which allowed MGM to analyze the slags. Miriam Cubas revised this text, as did Marcos Martinón-Torres on an early draft version. Dr. Liu Jiun-Yu and Prof. Liu Yi-Chang provided us with valuable information from the Taiwanese context and we are very thankful for their kindness.