Resources

Downloadable Resources:

• Rice: a user manual for archaeologists- Jan 2018 (PDF)
• Poster on the Anatomy of Rice (JPEG)
• Poster of Phytoliths (JPEG)
• Map of wild rice distribution and domestication areas (JPG)
• Map of Rice Domestication in China (JPEG) (PDF)
• Map of early rice in India (JPEG)
• Article summarizing the Early Rice Project (from 2011) (pdf)

If you are a teacher or a parent you can consider growing your own rice plants as a "mini paddy" in a bottle. 

• How to Build your own Paddy Field Activity [pdf]

If you are interested in archaeobotanical research in general.

• Archaeobotany at the Institute of Archaeology
• On-line guide and photo gallery on field sampling by flotation.
• Recent news in rice domestication research (on scoop.it)
• Recent news in archaeobotany and domestication research (on scoop.it)
• Recent new in Chinese archaeology (on scoop.it)
• Downloads for archaeobotanical research and specialist teaching, and further links

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