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The origins of rice agriculture: recent progress in East Asia

Antiquity • 72 • Published In 1998 • Pages: 858-866

By: Crawford, Gary W., Shen, Chen.

Abstract

The authors discuss the results of the 2nd International Academic Conference on Agricultural Archaeology and review various sites with early rice. About half of these sites are in the middle Yangzi River valley. They provide a table of radiocarbon dates from early sites with rice. Inside China, wild and weedy rice are lunped into one taxa, while outside China it is thought there are at least two wild rice species. DNA analysis of archaeological rice indicates only japonica has been found in the Yangzi valley during the Neolithic. This means the origin of the temperate form of rice is still unknown.

HRAF PubDate

2005

Region

Asia

Sub Region

East Asia

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry ; 2004

Field Date

not specified

Coverage Date

10,000-5000 BP (8000-3000 B.C.)

Coverage Place

south China

Notes

Gary W. Crawford & Chen Shen

Special section: Rice domestication, edited by Carol Malone

Includes bibliographical references (p. 865-866)

LCCN

29021740

LCSH

China--Antiquities