The origins and dispersal of rice cultivation

Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 278, 1998, Pages 867-877

  Higham, Charles ^a   Lu, Tracey L D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Rice; Southeast Asia; The Yangzi valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000647248     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00087500     Document Type: Article

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