Thesis
Early agricultural strategies at four prehistoric central Thai sites: an archaeobotanical analysis
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100678
Abstract
Thailand has seen an increase in interest from paleoethnobotanists in recent years. This study analyzes the archaeobotanical records of four prehistoric central Thai sites in order to posit answers to questions about early agriculture in the region, including which crops were utilized in the region first, the timing of the spread of rice agriculture to the region, and the farming system of the region. This analysis utilizes simple statistical and graphical methods to offer answers to these questions. The results strongly suggest the following: that foxtail millet (Setaria italica) was the first crop utilized in central Thailand, around 4500-4000 BP. Rice spread to the region slightly later, around 4000-3500 BP. Based on weed seed data and other lines of evidence, the cultivation system appears to have been dryland.
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- Title
- Early agricultural strategies at four prehistoric central Thai sites
- Creators
- Sydney Ann Hanson
- Contributors
- Jade d'Alpoim Guedes (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525002401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis