The record of cultivated rice from archaeobiological evidence in northwestern China 5000 years ago

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1372-1378

  Li, Xiaoqiang ^a   Zhou, Xinying ^a,b   Zhang, Hongbin ^a,b   Zhou, Jie ^a   Shang, Xue ^a,b   Dodson, John ^c,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5000 years; Archaeobiological record; Cultivated rice; Northwestern China; Xishanping site

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347231615     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0186-0     Document Type: Article

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