Rice cultivation spread north 5,800 years ago

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-04-13 11:08
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Dongyang archaeological site in Weinan city, Shaanxi province. [Photo/Xinhua]

"Phytolith analysis of residue found at the Dongyang site can help separate different tissues of the plants so as to analyze the farming conditions in a specific age," said Wu Yan, research associate of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.

"We also found phytoliths of rice leaves, husks and straws, a complete chain of rice-growing," she added.

Xu Weihong, a researcher with the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, said "Research indicates that rice comes from local farming rather than from trade or exchange."

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