Barron, A;
Datan, I;
Bellwood, P;
Wood, R;
Fuller, DQ;
Denham, T;
(2020)
Sherds as archaeobotanical assemblages: Gua Sireh reconsidered.
Antiquity
, 94
(377)
pp. 1325-1336.
10.15184/aqy.2020.166.
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Abstract
The earliest claim for domesticated rice in Island Southeast Asia (4960–3565 cal BP) derives from a single grain embedded in a ceramic sherd from Gua Sireh Cave, Borneo. In a first assessment of spikelet-base assemblages within pottery sherds using quantitative microCT analysis, the authors found no additional rice remains within this sherd to support the early date of rice farming; analysis of a more recent Gua Sireh sherd (1990–830 cal BP), however, indicates that 70 per cent of spikelet bases are from domesticated rice. This technique offers a high degree of contextual and temporal resolution for approaching organic-tempered ceramics as well-preserved archaeobotanical assemblages.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sherds as archaeobotanical assemblages: Gua Sireh reconsidered |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.15184/aqy.2020.166 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.166 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Island Southeast Asia, Borneo, archaeobotany, rice domestication, microCT |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114721 |
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