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The Early Rice Project - A NERC funded research project looking at the Identification of Arable Rice 

Experimental harvesting of wild rice

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 quicklinks below:

What is the Early Rice Project?

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Who we are

Visiting Tianluoshan site during the Hemudu culture festival

Where can I find out more about rice and archaeobotany?

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The History of Rice

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Find out about rice archaeobotany highlighted on the archaeobotanist blog

Tianluoshan domesticated rice spikelet base


other selected recent sources

Fieldwork

Annual wild rice on margins of cultivation
 

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