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  • Laos reconnaisance, Nov. 2009
  • Golbai Sassan excavations 2011
  • Rice weed surveys, Orissa 2011
  • Northern Thailand rice systems & weeds survey, Nov. 2011
  • Laos upland rice weeds survey, Nov. 2011
  • Wild Rice Studies Guangxi China
  • Wild rice visited in November 2009 at the time of the International Wild Rice conference in Bangkok

fieldwork

The Early Rice Project includes fieldwork both on modern rice stands (cultivated and wild) and archaeological fieldwork (archaeobotanical sampling from excavations), as well as lots of laboratory work. Listed below are various fieldwork seasons, with links to photos of a few highlights.

Modern Rice studies

• Western Ghats, India (Sept. 2010)
• Orissa, India (Oct. 2010)
• Shandong rainfed rice
• Guangxi wild rice
• Wild rice reserves, Thailand (Nov. 2009)
• Upland rice Laos initial reconnassance (Nov. 2009)
• Rice fields near Phimai, Thailand (Jan. 2011)
• Western Orissa, India (Oct. 2011)
• Northern Thailand, Karen shifting cultivators, etc. (Nov. 2011)
• Upland rice in Laos (Dec. 2011)

Archaeological studies

• Mantai, Sri Lanka
• Golbai Sassan, Orissa, India
• Tianluoshan, Zhejiang, China
• Caoxieshan, Suzhou city, China
• Maoshan, Zhejiang, China
• Baligang, Henan, China