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Early agriculture in southeast Asia: phytolith evidence from the Bang Pakong Valley, Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lisa Kealhofer  and
Dolores R. Piperno
Lisa Kealhofer
Affiliation:
MASCA, The University Museum, 33rd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA
Dolores R. Piperno
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002–0948, USA
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Phytoliths — the microscopic opal silica bodies inside plant tissue that often survive well in archaeological deposits— are becoming a larger part of the world of human palaeobotany. They give a new view of early rice in southeast Asia.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 260 , September 1994 , pp. 564 - 572
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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