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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.

Abstract

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).

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

1988, 1993-1997

Coverage Date

8000 BP

Coverage Place

Bashidang site, Dongting Lake region, Hunan province, China

Notes

Pei Anping

Special section: Rice domestication, edited by Carol Malone

LCCN

29021740

LCSH

China--Antiquities