Phytolith evidence for rice cultivation and spread in Mid-Late Neolithic archaeological sites in central North China

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Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 592-602

  Zhang, Jianping ^a,b   Lu, Houyuan ^a   Wu, Naiqin ^a   Li, Fengjiang ^a   Yang, Xiaoyan ^c   Wang, Weilin ^d   Ma, Mingzhi ^d   Zhang, Xiaohu ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTIVATION; FARMING SYSTEM; NEOLITHIC; PHYTOLITH; RICE; RIVER TERRACE; SEMIARID REGION;

CHINA; GUANZHONG PLAIN; SHAANXI; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 78649514690     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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