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Notes on the recent discovery of ancient cultivated rice at Jiahu, Henan Province: a new theory concerning the origin of ORYZA JAPONICA in China
Antiquity • 72 • Published In 1998 • Pages: 897-901
By: Zhang, Juzhong, Wang, Xiangkun.
Abstract
Jiahu is one of the oldest places with cultivated rice with a date of 9000 B.P. The site is large with over 400 remains of houses, pits, kilns and 300 graves. The rice found is close to the length of japonica and the width of indica rice. The author concludes cultivated rice originated in the upper Huai River region and in the middle Yangtze River region at approximately the same time. However, human interference was stronger in the Huai River region and the grain shape changed more quickly there.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field Date
- six field seasons since 1983
- Coverage Date
- 9000-5000 BP (7000-3000 B.C.)
- Coverage Place
- upper Huai River and middle Yangtze River regions, China
- Notes
- Zahng Juzhong & Wang Xiangkun
- Special section: Rice domestication, edited by Carol Malone
- Includes bibliographical references (p.901)
- LCCN
- 29021740
- LCSH
- China--Antiquities