Phytoliths of rice detected in the neolithic sites in the valley of the Taihu Lake in China

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-183

  Zheng, Yunfei ^a   Matsui, Akira ^b   Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Institute of Cultural Properties   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Neolithic; Oryza sativa L.; Phytolith; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

EID: 15344344615     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2003.8.2.177     Document Type: Article

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