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Volume: 80  Number: 308  Page: 355–361

New evidence for the origins of sedentism and rice domestication in the Lower Yangzi River, China

Leping Jiang1 and Li Liu2

1Zhejiang Institute of Archaeology, China 2La Trobe University, Australia (Email: L.Liu@latrobe.edu.au)

A newly discovered site at Shangshan in the Lower Yangzi River region has revealed the oldest open-air sedentary village and domesticated rice in south China.

Keywords: China, sedentism, early pottery, rice domestication