The emergence of agriculture in southern China

Antiquity

Volumn 84, Issue 323, 2010, Pages 11-25

  Chi, Zhang ^a   Hung, Hsiao Chun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austroasiatic; Austronesian; China; Cultivation; Origins of agriculture; Rice; Southeast Asia; Southern China

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952404412     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00099737     Document Type: Article

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