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.

Annual wild rice on margins of cultivation

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

South Asia

Mantai, Sri Lanka
Kantarodai, Sri Lanka
Golbai Sassan, Orissa, India
Golpapur, Orissa
Mahagara, Uttar Pradesh
Koldihwa, Uttar Pradesh
Pattanam, Kerala

Southeast Asia

Ban Non Wot

Ban Non Wat, Thailand
Ban Sa Lao, Thailand
Khao Sai On, Thailand
Khao Sek, Thailand
Khao Sam Kaeo, Thailand
Na Sak Lot Yai, Thailand
Non Ban Jak, Thailand
Non Hua Raet, Thailand
Phu Khao Thong, Thailand
Rach Nui, Vietnam

Zhejiang Province Institute excavations of Neolithic field system at Maoshan

China

Early Rice Project 2013

TianLuoShan, Zhejiang,
Caoxieshan, Suzhou city, Jiangsu
Majiabang, Zhejiang
Xiaodouli, Zhejiang
Yujiashan, Zhejiang
Maoshan, Zhejiang
Baligang, Henan

For more details on site locations visit the UCL Archaeobotanical Sites map.