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As preparation for the symposium and keep our discussion current, we provide here links to recent, and some forthcoming publications, that provide useful background for the state of research on rice.
Gross and Zhao (2014) Archaeological and genetic insights into the origins of domesticated rice. PNAS [pdf]
This provides a summary of recent debates and hypotheses about rice origins from both genetics and archaeology. Zhao Zhijun will be speaking at the Early Rice symposium.
Fuller et al (2014). Convergent evolution and parallelism in plant domestication revealed by an expanding archaeological record PNAS [pdf]
This includes updated data on the evolution of non-shattering and grain size in Lower Yangtze rice,
Cristina Castillo, Tanaka, K; Sato, Y; Ishikawa, R; Bellina, B; Higham, C; Chang, N; Mohanty, R; Kajale, M; Fuller, DQ; (2015) Archaeogenetic study of prehistoric rice remains from Thailand and India: Evidence of early japonica in South and Southeast Asia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10.1007/s12520-015-0236-5. [pdf]
This article reports positive results from ancient DNA extracted from charred rice grains, which differentiate indica and japonica subspecies. Results come from archaeological grains from Thailand and India, and provide support to the reliability of grain morphometrics (most of the time). This article also provides a updated genetic summary of the Proto-indica hypothesis.
Weisskopf, Alison et al. (2014) Archaeobotanical implications of phytolith assemblages from cultivated rice systems, wild rice stands and macro-regional patterns. Journal of Archaeological Science [open access PDF]
This summarizes our projects approach to using phytolith assemblages to differentiate rice cultivation ecologies.
Weisskopf et al (2015). Phytoliths and rice: from wet to dry and back again in the Neolithic Lower Yangtze. Antiquity 89 (346) [pdf]
This article present a simple phytolith index for relative wetness derived from recent Early Rice Project research and applied to the early development of rice cultivation in the Lower Yangtze.
Zhuang, Y; Ding, P; French, C; (2014) Water management and agricultural intensification of rice farming at the late-Neolithic site of Maoshan, Lower Yangtze River, China. HOLOCENE , 24 (5) 531 - 545. 10.1177/0959683614522310.
This article uses soil micromorphology to investigate intensive wet rice cultivation in the Late Neolithic. Yijies Zhuang will be participating in our sympoiusm.
Castillo, Cristina (2011) Rice in Thailand: The Archaeobotanical Contribution Rice. [open access pdf]
This article provides a recent summary of the archaeobotany of rice in Thailand.
Bellwood, Peter (2011) The Checkered Prehistory of Rice Movement Southwards as a Domesticated Cereal-from the Yangzi to the Equator. Rice. [open access pdf]
This provides a synthesis on the dispersal of rice from China to Island and Mainland Southeast Asia. Prof. Bellwood will be one of the symposium speakers.
Fuller, DQ; van Etten, J; Manning, K; Castillo, C; Kingwell-Banham, E; Weisskopf, A; Qin, L; Sato, Y-I; Hijmans, RJ;- view fewer (2011) The contribution of rice agriculture and livestock pastoralism to prehistoric methane levels: An archaeological assessment. The Holocene , 21 (5) 753 - 759. 10.1177/0959683611398052.
This article summarizes the Rice Archaeological Database as of 2011, and reconstructed methane emissions from ancient rice. An updated database and new models will be discussed at the symposium
Fuller, DQ (2011) Pathways to Asian Civilizations: Tracing the Origins and Spread of Rice and Rice Cultures. Rice. [pdf]
This provides a cirtical discussion of the evidence for early rice in the Yangtze and India, and explicit statement of the Proto-indica hypothesis and some hypotheses of of the spread of rice may link to the spread of language families.
Also of interest may be Dorian's blogposts on the origins of rice from the past few year on the archaeobotanist blog. Other rice related publications can be found on Dorian's Academia.edu profile.