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Early rice cultivation systems and their impact on social evolution and the environmentÌý
Schedule
September 15 (Tuesday)
9:30-9:45 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCoffee
9:45-10:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýWelcome and Overview: A decade of progress on Early Rice - Dorian Fuller (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)
10:30-11:00 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCoffee
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Session 1: Arable ecology and subsistence systems: analytical methods Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýChair: Peter Bellwood
11:00-11:25 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýMarco Madella (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)--Agricultural subsistence systems and non-food products. How phytoliths can help identifying the forgotten production of arable crops
11:25-11:50ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Alison Weisskopf (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)--ÌýA path between the fields: identifying changing rice arable systems in Asia using silica bodies
11:50-12:15ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Huw Barton (University of Leicester)
12:15-12:40ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Amy Bogaard (University of Oxford)--ÌýCombining functional weed ecology and crop stable isotope values: case studies from the AGRICURB project
12:40-12:55 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant - Peter Bellwood (ANU)
12:55-2:00 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýLunch
Session 2:ÌýIndian archaeology and rice (1)Ìý
" Chair: Cameron Petrie
2:00-2:25 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCharlene Murphy (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)-- Exploring Eastern Patterns, New Archaeobotanical and Radiocarbon Evidence from Kirindia and Kandarodai, Sri Lanka and Harirajpur, Odisha
2:25-2:50 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýPramod Joglekar (Deccan College)
2:50-3:15 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýMonica Smith (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊA)--Ìý Food, Flood, and Famine: Urban Perspectives on Rice Production and Consumption in the Early Historic Period of the Indian Subcontinent (3rd century BC-4th century AD)
3:15-3:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant - Cameron Petrie (Cambridge University)
3:30-4:00 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýTeaÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Session 3: Archaeology from South China to Southeast Asia
" Chair: Cristina Castillo
4:00-4:25ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Barry Rolett (University of Hawaii)--ÌýPhytolith evidence for Neolithic rice cultivation in Fujian, southeast ChinaÌý
4:25-4:50ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Katie Miller (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)--ÌýRice agriculture at Ban Non Wat: IdentifyingÌýchange in the upperÌýMunÌýValley from plant macro-remains.
4:50-5:15ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Charles Higham (University of Otago)--ÌýSocial changes and rice agriculture in Northeast Thailand: from the Neolithic to the Iron Age
5:15-5:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Discussant - Charles Higham
September 16 (Wednesday)Ìý
9:20-9:40 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCoffee
Session 4: Indian archaeology and rice (2), from the Northeast to the SouthÌý
" Chair: Rabi MohantyÌý
9:40-10:05 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýEllie Kingwell-Banham (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)--Ìý Identifying rice cultivation systems in South Asia
10:05-10:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýTilok Thakuria (Meghalaya University)
10:30-10:45 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant - Rabi Mohanty (Deccan College)
10:45-11:15 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCoffee
Session 5: Southeast Asian archaeology & rice ÌýÌýÌý
" Chair:ÌýGill Thompson
11:15-11:40 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýJanice Stargardt (University of Cambridge)
11:40-12:05 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýRasmi Shoocongdej (Silpakorn University)
12:05-12:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýPeter Bellwood (ANU)--ÌýOn the merits of big pictures: The Holocene in Southeast Asia
12:30-12:45 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant - Jill Thompson (Bradford University)
12:45-1:45 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýLunch
Session 6: Indian archaeology and rice (3), the Northwest
" Chair:ÌýPramod Joglekar (Deccan College)Ìý
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1:45-2:10 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýJennifer Bates (University of Cambridge)--Ìý Rice Domestication, Cultivation and Agriculture: the role of the Indus Civilisation?
2:10-2:35 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýPenny Jones (University of Cambridge)--Ìý Stable isotope analysis: a new window into early rice?
2:35-3:00 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDorian Fuller (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)- The Proto-indica hypothesis and place of rice in the agriculture of Chalcolithic western India and Pakistan.
3:00-3:25 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýVasant Shinde (Deccan College)
3:25-3:45 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýTeaÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Session 7: Chinese archaeology and riceÌýÌý
" Chair: Guiyin Jin
3:45-4:10 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýChris Stevens (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)-- The evolution of rice and rice cultivation in the Lower Yangtze based on macro-botanical remains from Caoxieshan and Maoshan
4:10-4:45 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Min Rui (Yunnan Institute)-- Baiyancun and Haimenkou excavations
4:45-4:55 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Chris Stevens/Dorian Fuller (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê) preliminary Ìý Ìý archaeobotanical results ftom Yunnan (Haimenkou and Baiyancun)
4:55-5:25 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýYijie Zhuang (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)--ÌýEvolution of paddy fields in China
5:25-5:35 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant -- Professor Guiyin Jin (Shandong University)
5:35-7:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýReception Ìý Ìý Ìý
September 17 (Thursday)Ìý
9:15-9:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCoffee
Session 8: Rice in the West: the Middle East and AfricaÌýÌý
" Chair: Mark Nesbitt
Chair: Mark Nesbitt
9:30-9:55 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýNicole Boivin (Oxford)--ÌýIntroduction of Asian rice to Africa and Madagascar (with Alison Crowther, Leilani Lucas and the Sealinks Team).
9:55-10:20 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýLouis Champion (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)-- Oryza glaberrima steud. (African rice): history and new evidence from North Benin (with Anne Haour & Dorian Fuller)Ìý
10:20- 10:45 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Suresh Muthukumaran (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)--ÌýThe origins of rice cultivation in the Middle East and the Mediterranean
10:45-11:00 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant - Mark Nesbitt (Kew)
11:00-11:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCoffee
Session 9:ÌýSoutheast Asian subsistence regimes: Hunter-gatherers to the Metal Age
" Chair:ÌýBéréniceÌýBellina-Pryce
Chair:ÌýBéréniceÌýBellina-Pryce
11:30-11:55 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýMarc Oxenham (ANU)--ÌýThe Mainland Southeast Asian Neolithic: Foragers or Farmers?Ìý(with A Willis)
11:55-12:20 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýPhilip Piper (ANU)--ÌýThe Origins and Routes of Translocation of the Earliest Domestic Animals in Southeast Asia
12:20-12:45 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCristina Castillo (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)--Ìý Archaeobotany in Southeast Asia: What have we learnt so far...
12:45-1:00 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant - Bérénice Bellina-Pryce (CNRS)
1:00-2:00 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýLunch
Session 10: Modelling the impact of early land useÌý
" Chair: Andy Bevan
Chair: Andy Bevan
2:00-2:25ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Jed Kaplan (ARVE, Lausanne)--ÌýMonsoon variability and the decline of Angkor: A modeling study of human responses to environment change
2:25-2:50ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Liviu Giosan (Woods Hole Oceanographic)--Ìý Fluvial Dynamics and Past Civilizations
2:50-3:15ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Fabio Silva (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)--ÌýModelling Rice Dispersals: from geographical origins to methane emissions
3:15-3:30 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant - Andy Bevan (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)
3:30-4:00 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýTeaÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Session 11: Genetics & aDNA
" Chair: Mark Thomas
Chair: Mark Thomas
4:00-4:25ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ryo Ishikawa (Kobe University)--Ìý Evaluation of the domestication-related traits in rice. (with Ryo Ishikawa, Yumi Oka, Ryo Nishioka, Mai Ikemoto, Than Myint Htun, Chizuru Inoue, Koji, Numaguchi, andÌý)
4:25-4:50ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Robin Allaby (Warwick)--ÌýRice and the central dogma: insights from modeling on cereal evolution and domestication
4:50-5:15ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Terry Brown (Manchester)--ÌýIndependent domestications of the indica, japonica and aus groups of Asian rice
5:15-5:40 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDiscussant - Mark Thomas (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê)
5:40-6:10 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýSummary/Discussion on future work - Dorian Fuller