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1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Agronomical and archaeological investigations on origin of cultivated rice and rice culture in ancient China

Research Project

Project/Area Number 04041079
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionField Research
Research InstitutionSAGA University

Principal Investigator

WASANO Kikuo  SAGA University, 農学部, 教授 (40039342)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAN Ryouga  NANKIN Agricultural Academy, 食料作物部, 講師
RYU Gun  ZHEJIANG Prov. Archaeological Inst., 副所長
OU Shouken  PEKIN Agricultural University, 農学部, 教授
CHIN Bunka  JIANGSI Prov. Sociology Academy, 副所長
KA Kaikin  HENAN Provincial Archaeological Inst., 所長
SO Tetsu  PEKIN University, 考古系, 講師
GEN Bunmei  PEKIN University, 考古系, 教授
TERASAWA Kaoru  KASHIHARA, Archaeological Institute, 調査課, 主任研究官 (90250365)
SUGAYA Huminori  NARA Silk Road Museum Institute., シルクロード博記念国際交流財団, 主幹 (70250355)
TAKAKURA Hiroaki  SEINAN GAKUIN University, 文学部, 教授 (70226760)
SHIRAKIBARU Kazumi  KUMAMOTO University, 文学部, 教授 (60089141)
HIGUCHI Takayasu  KASHIHARA, Archaeological Institute, 所長
HUJIHARA Hirosi  MIYAZAKI University, 農学部, 教授 (40040860)
SATO Yoichiro  National Institute of Genetics, 総合遺伝研究系, 助手 (20145113)
MORISHIMA Hiroko  National Institute of Genetics, 総合遺伝研究系, 教授 (70000247)
Project Period (FY) 1992 – 1993
KeywordsAncient rice / Rice culture / Yangtze river basin / China Prehistoric remains / Yunnan province / Origin of rice / 考古遺伝学 / 稲作農耕文化
Research Abstract

The earliest archaeological finds of ancient rice, together with other the remains of rice culture ; agricultural implements for cultivation, earthenware of cookers and containers, and bones of cattle and wild animals, were obtained from the excavations on the lower basin of the Yangtze or the alluvial lowland area facing Hangzhou bay (***). The dates based on radiocarbon measurement were around 4000-5000 BC. The distributions of the earliest prehistoric remain of rice culture in China were concentrated along the central and lower basin of the Yangtze, which covered more than 70% of all the remains excavated in the country.
On the other hand, in the Yunnan Province, from where original rice cultivation has been insisted by some researchers to have occurred and spread over downstream to the lower basins of the Yangzte or other some great Rivers, some eight remains of rice culture were excavated and the dates of the prehistoric remains were found to be much newer than those from the lower basin of the Yangtze. The earliest one of those carbon-dated back to ca.1000-2000 BC in the area was Baiyangcun dated 1820 + 85 BC (***, ***, ***) and followed by Dadungzi dated 1470 + 55 BC (* **, ***, ***).
Grain dimensions of rice excavated from the ancient archaeologiacal sites(remains or dynastic tombs) in China(18 sites), Korea(two sites) and Japan(12 sites) were measured by scaled photographs.

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All Publications (2 results)

  • [Publications] 和佐野 喜久生: "九州北部古代遺跡の炭化米の粒特性変異に関する考古・遺伝学的研究" 育種学雑誌. 43. 589-602 (1993)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Kikuo WASANO: "Genetic and Archaeological Studies on the Variation of Grain Dimensions of Carbonized Rice in the Ancient Remains of the Northern Kyushu Island of Japan" Japan.J.Breed.43. 589-602 (1993)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 1995-02-07  

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