Social responses to climate change in Iron Age north-east Thailand: new archaeobotanical evidence
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New evidence from archaeological investigations in north-east Thailand shows a transition in rice farming towards wetland cultivation that would have facilitated greater yields and surpluses. This evidence, combined with new dates and palaeoclimatic data, suggests that this transition took place in the Iron Age, at a time of increasingly arid climate, and when a number of broader societal changes become apparent in the archaeological record. For the first time, it is possible to relate changes in subsistence economy to shifts in regional climate and water-management strategies, and to the emergence of state societies in Southeast Asia.
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In more interior zones, early rainfed rice/millet cultivation likely spurred a tighter relationship between people and G. gallus spadiceus, as attested by the earliest confirmed chicken bones at Ban Non Wat and Non Nok Tha.
“In more interior zones, early rainfed rice/millet cultivation likely spurred a tighter relationship between people and G. gallus spadiceus, as attested by the earliest confirmed chicken bones at Ban Non Wat and Non Nok Tha (SI Appendix, Table S2) (98).”
From The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens (2022) · cites this paper as [98]
The Methods section places early rice and millet farmers at Ban Non Wat and Non Nok Tha, and the Concluding remarks identify rainfall-dependent dryland rice farming at Ban Non Wat. The paper does not report chicken bones or a relationship with G. gallus spadiceus; the Results section also says no cultivated millet was identified at Ban Non Wat. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Castillo, C. C., Higham, C. F. W., Miller, K., Chang, N., Douka, K., Higham, T. F. G., & Fuller, D. Q.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- University of Otago (NZ)
- James Cook University (AU)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Castillo, Cristina C.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Antiquity
- Publisher
- Antiquity Publications
- Published
- 2018-10
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 365
- Pages
- 1274-1291
- ISSN
- 0003-598X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1744
- OpenAlex
- W2898576814
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 1
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- 4.97
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- doi.org
- Locations
- Antiquity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Earthwatch Institute
- University of Otago
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/K003402/1, NE/N010957/1, NE/N010957)
- Australian Research Council (DP110101997)
- Marsden Fund
- 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 › Anthropology › Archaeology and Natural History
- Keywords
- Iron Age, Northeast Thailand, climate change, rice cultivation, subsistence economy, aridification, paleoclimate, water management, state formation, social change, archaeobotany
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