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Notes on new advancements and revelations in the agricultural archaeology of early rice domestication in the Dongting Lake region

Antiquity • 72 • Published In 1998 • Pages: 878-885

By: Pei, Anping, Malone, Caroline.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Two strata were found at Bashidang. The site not only had good preservation and a large quantity of preserved rice, but it had the most primitive cultivated rice. The rice showed 'characteristics between indica, japonica, and common wild rice [which] suggested that indica and japonica differentiated later on.' (page 882). This site provides evidence that cultivation of other wetland plants (water caltrop and lotus root) occurred around the same time. 'The evidence from Pengtoushan and Bashidang shows that rice cultivation developed to a productive scale in an extremely short time.' (page 885).

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Identification

Organization and analysis of results of research

Topography and geology

Flora

Cereal agriculture

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Southeast China Early Neolithic

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2005

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Asia

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

East Asia

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Archaeologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry ; 2004

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1988, 1993-1997

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

8000 BP

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Bashidang site, Dongting Lake region, Hunan province, China

NotesAdditional notes

Pei Anping

Special section: Rice domestication, edited by Carol Malone

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

29021740

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

China--Antiquities