Water management and labour in the origins and dispersal of Asian rice

World Archaeology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-111

  Fuller, Dorian Q ^a   Qin, Ling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Cultivation; Domestication; India; Oryza sativa

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; HUNTER-GATHERER; IRON AGE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LABOR STANDARD; PADDY FIELD; PRODUCTIVITY; RICE; SOCIAL CHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

JAPONICA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 61549092702     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240802668321     Document Type: Article

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