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The Early Rice Project - A NERC funded research project looking at the Evolution and Impact of Rice cultivation through the later prehistory of monsoon Asia

Our current research project support by a major grant from NERC is entitled The impact of evolving of rice systems from China to Southeast Asia (Grant NE/K003402/1), from 1 May 2013-April 2016. This expands on initial work carried out through a previous NERC grant (NE/G005540/1) The Identification of Arable Systems in Prehistory (2009-2012).

These Pages will cover a range of resources and information surrounding the archaeology of rice and rice agriculture.  Apart from being an outreach portal for schools and the public, this website aims to provide convenient access to current archaeobotanical research and the role that rice plays in human history.

Please use the right hand navigation links to find out more about the Early Rice Project, Rice, Learning tools, and Current Activity, or use the quick-links below:

What is the Early Rice Project?	Who we are	Where can I find out more about rice and archaeobotany?
The History of Rice	Find out about rice archaeobotany highlighted on the archaeobotanist blog other selected recent sources	Fieldwork