Archaeology: Tianluoshan: Wet Rice Domestication in China

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Tianluoshan: Wet Rice Domestication in China Aug 14th 2011, 08:29 A site on Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang Province China contains archaeological evidence of the process of wet rice domestication in Neolithic China. Hangzhou Bay Bridge. Photo by eutrophication&hypoxia Tianluoshan is a Hemudu culture site, located on the coast of Hangzhou Bay (today known best for its enormous modern bridge illustrated in the photograph). The ancient Chinese people who lived here some 7,000 years ago lived in long houses built on stilts and dined on marine resources from the bay. But they also experimented with growing rice in paddies, as archaeological evidence has recently shown. Tianluoshan Rice Domestication History More Neolithic Sites in China

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