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Early rice cultivation in Southeast Asia: archaeological and palynological evidence from the Bang Pakong Valley, Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

B. K. Maloney ,
C. F. W. Higham  and
R. Bannanurag
B. K. Maloney
Affiliation:
School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeocology, Queen's University, Belfast
C. F. W. Higham
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
R. Bannanurag
Affiliation:
Research Divison, Fine Arts Department, Sri Ayutthaya Road, Theves, Bangkok, Thailand
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In Southeast Asia the archaeological record is virtually silent about early rice cultivation, for which there is now good evidence from the Chinese Neolithic. Here, new fieldwork from Thailand provides both direct evidence of rice cultivation and, earlier, an indirect clue from palynological indicators.

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Antiquity , Volume 63 , Issue 239 , June 1989 , pp. 363 - 370
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1989

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