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The middle Yangtze region in China is one place where rice was domesticated: phytolith evidence from the Diaotonghuan Cave, northern Jiangxi

Antiquity • 72 • Published In 1998 • Pages: 887-897

By: Zhao, Zhijun, Malone, Caroline.

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

This paper reports on Diaotonghuan Cave, part of the Sino-American Jiangxi Origin of Rice project. The cave dates from 12,000-2000 B.P. Only the information that pertains to southeast China early Neolithic was indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. The deposits and dates are briefly described. Rice phytoliths were collected and analyzed. The author determined that the phytoliths represent wild and domesticated rice. There is also a large group of phytoliths where it is not possible to determine whether the rice is wild or domesticated. The author concludes the middle Yangtze River is one place rice was domesticated. The cave indicates the transition to rice agriculture occurred around 7000 B.P.

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

Theoretical orientation in research and its results

Flora

Cereal agriculture

Chronologies and culture sequences

Cultural stratigraphy

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.

Archaeobotanist

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

no date given

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

early Neolithic; 12,000-7000 BP, uncalibrated

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

Diaotonghuan cave, Jiangxi province, China

NotesAdditional notes

Zhao, Zhijun

Special section: Rice domestication, edited by Carol Malone

Includes bibliographical references (p. 895-897)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

29021740

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

China--Antiquities