The Middle Yangtze region in China is one place where rice was domesticated: Phytolith evidence from the Diaotonghuan Cave, Northern Jiangxi

Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 278, 1998, Pages 885-897

  Zhijun, Zhao ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Phytolith; Rice domestication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745505742     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00087524     Document Type: Article

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