The global spice trade has played an essential role in world history. However, because of
poor preservation conditions, archaeobotanical remains of spices have been limited in …

This study presents the first directly dated physical evidence of crop remains from the Early
Neolithic archaeological layers in Taiwan. Systematic sampling and analysis of macro-plant …

Abstract Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and Oceania host one of the world's richest
assemblages of human phenotypic, linguistic, and cultural diversity. Despite this, the …

Located on the southeast coast of China, Fujian is an important junction for the spread and
migration of agriculture and populations from mainland Asia to Taiwan and the Island …

The dispersal of rice (Oryza sativa) following domestication influenced massive social and
cultural changes across South, East, and Southeast (SE) Asia. The history of dispersal …

Objectives We aim to detect demographic history and early farming‐related migration of the
crossroad area in the junction of east Asia (EA) and southeast Asia (SEA). Materials and …

The proliferating public interest in conservation can be explored by monitoring what people
say and what people do on social media platforms. YouTube is one of the resources for …

The equatorial tropics house some of the earliest rock art yet known, and it is weathering at
an alarming rate. Here we present evidence for haloclasty (salt crystallisation) from …

This paper presents a quantitative chronology for the spread of rice, based on the global
Rice Chronology Database that builds upon direct datings of archaeological rice remains …

Archaeology of Pacific Oceania, now in its second edition, offers a state-of-the-art and fully
detailed chronological narrative of how Pacific Oceania came to be inhabited over a long …