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Two-season agriculture and irrigated rice during the Dian: radiocarbon dates and archaeobotanical remains from Dayingzhuang, Yunnan, Southwest China

Rita, DM; Xiaorui, L; Fuller, DQ; (2021) Two-season agriculture and irrigated rice during the Dian: radiocarbon dates and archaeobotanical remains from Dayingzhuang, Yunnan, Southwest China. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 13 10.1007/s12520-020-01268-y. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Historical sources describe irrigation and intensive agriculture being practiced in lowland Yunnan from at least the first century AD, but so far archaeobotanical remains allowing investigation of this issue have been scarce. Here, we present new archaeobotanical evidence, including macro-botanical and phytoliths results, from the Dian settlement site of Dayingzhuang, with direct AMS radiocarbon dates on two wheat grains falling between 750 and 390 BC. We compare these results with contemporary Dian sites and analyse the agricultural systems in Central Yunnan between the eight and fourth centuries BC. We propose that agriculture was intensified toward the end of the Dian through both multiple cropping seasons and increased evidence for irrigated rice fields.

Type: Article
Title: Two-season agriculture and irrigated rice during the Dian: radiocarbon dates and archaeobotanical remains from Dayingzhuang, Yunnan, Southwest China
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-020-01268-y
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01268-y
Language: English
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Keywords: Bronze Age, Archaeobotany, Oryza, Millet, Wheat, Southwestern barbarians
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10124801
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