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Rice in Thailand: The Archaeobotanical Contribution

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Castillo, Cristina·2011·Rice

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There are few archaeological projects incorporating archaeobotanical sampling and even fewer published archaeobotanical studies in Thailand. Available data show that rice was the ubiquitous cereal in prehistory and particularly during the Metal/Iron Age. This either signifies the importance of rice as a crop or signals a preservation bias; both topics are considered in this paper. The site Khao Sam Kaeo in Peninsular Thailand (ca. 400–100 BCE) is strategically located between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea providing evidence of Indian, Han Chinese and locally produced cultural material. The archaeobotanical assemblage attests to South Asian and East Asian influence as well: the mungbean and horsegram of Indian origin and the northern Chinese cereal foxtail millet. But the site has also yielded the greatest amount of rice from Thai archaeology and provides information on the domestication of rice and the cultivation practices during this Late Prehistoric period.

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Authors
Castillo, C.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Castillo, Cristina
Venue
Rice
Published
2011-11-24
Volume
4
Issue
3-4
Pages
114-120
ISSN
  • 1939-8425 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-8433
OpenAlex
W1971140397
Cited by
85
References
40
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Rice (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Keywords
archaeobotany, Peninsular Thailand, prehistoric agriculture, mungbean, horse gram, foxtail millet, East Asian influence, Iron Age, Late Prehistory, crop residues, preservation bias

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