Revisiting the archaeological investigations of rice domestication in China during 10,000–7,000 BP in a human behavioral context

Y Pan - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In East Asian archaeology, initial domestication and early dispersal of rice have
continuously attracted scholarly interest in the recent decade, which has generated …

Is there silicon in flowers and what does it tell us?

J Schoelynck, P De Block, E Van Dyck… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of flowers marked an important development in plant evolution. Flowers in
many species evolved to attract animal pollinators to increase fertilisation chances. In …

Late Neolithic to Bronze Age water management and upland rice cultivation in the mountainous areas of Southeastern China Coast

G Wu, X Zuo, W Wu, L Ren, C Wu, Y Lin, H Xie… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The southeast coast of China is a crucial area for the spread of agriculture from mainland
Asia to Taiwan and the islands of Southeast Asia. However, whether prehistoric rice …

Discovery of the earliest rice paddy in the mixed rice–millet farming area of China

X Huan, X Wei, J Zhang, J Li, X Zhang, K Shao, Y Ge… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neolithic rice remains were recovered from a mixed rice–millet farming area in China
outside the original centers of rice farming. Whether the rice remains were the result of local …

Tracing the Xinjiang Routes for the westward dispersal of rice: Phytolith analysis at the Haheren site in the southern Tianshan foothills of eastern Central Asia

L Ren, Y Li, X Zuo, H Li, M Storozum, X Wang… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The westward dissemination of rice from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia to
Central Asia signifies a pivotal phase in its evolution into one of the most extensively …

Phytolith evidence of agricultural emergence and its dispersal routes in the southeastern mountain area of China

Y Lin, X Zuo, L Fu, Y Huang, J Yang, W Liu… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Late Neolithic cultures in the southeastern mountainous region of China were diverse and
frequently interacted with surrounding areas. Understanding the emergence of agriculture …

Micro‐CT‐assisted determination of the shattering and non‐shattering phenotypes of charred rice spikelet bases from archaeological sites: a new methodological …

Y Ge, C Wang, X Huan, S Kuo, H Hung… - Archaeometry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The selection of a non‐shattering phenotype is a pivotal change in the process of rice
domestication. However, current research is heavily restricted by the preservation conditions …