[ 摘要 ]
台灣建築的研究成果，大多集中於傳統漢人建築、日治時期建築，以及現代建築。荷西明鄭時期因資料缺乏，較少涉及，少數民族族群的建築研究也陸續有學者朝這方面在鑽研。平埔族的建築則更少研究的論述，畢竟僅能以稀少的圖片照片及文字描繪去建構，在論證的基礎上就較少引起研究學者的關注。本研究藉由廣泛的蒐集平埔族歷史圖像記載與文獻記載的史料，以及深入訪談西拉雅族後裔老匠師對平埔族傳統建築技術上的施作與演變。試圖以此兩元素相互比對，從中推演出傳統平埔族的建築形式與類型，與漢化後之竹籠厝建築的密切關係，再重新喚起曾被遺忘的紀錄與見證。
透過文獻資料及歷史圖像的蒐集，本論文的重點在於探討早期平埔族建築構造的形式，進而解析竹材及其他材料使用、榫卯類型及使用方式，藉此解析早期平埔族對建築材料的取材。研究方法則從文獻上、圖像上及老匠師訪談等三方面的交叉比對，再從中爬梳解讀，並試圖從中提出對平埔族的建築相關方面具體的具體證據，來填補台灣建築史在這平埔族研究範疇的另一角落。

[ 英文摘要 ]
The previous research results of architecture in Taiwan were focused more on traditional Han Chinese architecture, the Japanese Colonial Period architecture, and modern architecture.However, little literature has been investigated and related to the Ming Dynasty and the Reign of Zheng. Only some scholars have continued to conduct research on the architecture of minority ethnic groups.Furthermore, there has been relatively little research conducted on the architecture of Pingpu tribes. After all, the current existing literatures are rarely images, photographs, and written words, which can not get the attention of researchers on the basis of demonstration.This thesis employed extensive historical images and literature of Pingpu tribes, and in-depth interview with the descendant of Siraiya tribes, an old master worker made a description of the transformation on architecture technique of the traditional Pingpu tribes.The research design further made a comparison of the two elements reciprocally. In other words, this study deduced the close relationships between the traditional form of Pingpu architecture and Zhu-long place of Han Chinese localization in order to recall the slip of the memory of record and testimony.
Through the literature review and the collection of historical images, the focus of this thesis was to explore the architectural form of early Pingpu tribes, and further analyzed the using methods of bamboo wood, other materials, the mortise and tenon joint types, and the way to use them. Hence, this study interpreted how the early Pingpu tribes selected the makings of the architectural materials.The research method were the cross comparisons on literature, image, interview of the old master worker, respectively. Moreover, this study also proposed the related concrete proof of Pingpu architecture in order to fill the gap of little research on the progress of Taiwan architecture of Pingpu tribes.