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and vice versa. Although the remaining clusters are

different from the traditional ones, they s t i l l reveal

some degree of similarity to traditional classification.

However, there must be some importance to the fact that

the Feng-pi-t»ou site i s put into the same cluster with

the traditional Chiang-nan type of the Chfing-lien-kang

culture and the traditional Chiang-pei type of Ch ing-lien-
,
kang culture i s divided into two clusters. The position

of Feng-pi-t*ou and the Chiang-nan types of the Ch'ing-
lien-kang culture i n the same cluster has at least two

possible explanationsi (1) The similarity i n their cultural
traits was ignored because of the geographical distance

and political isolation of Chinese archaeologists on the

mainland and in Taiwan. (2) Some mistakes may be present

in the process of the cluster analysis carried out here,

probably i n the original selection of attributes. The

reasons for the traditional Chiang-pei type of the Cl^ing-

lien-kang culture being divided into two clusters can also

be interpreted in two ways* (1) The difference or distance

of cluster VII and cluster V in cultural traits really

exists. (2) Some mistakes have been made during the process

of doing the cluster analysis, probably i n attribute

selection. However, because of the close f i t of clusters