Ref ID:	27609
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Castillo, Cristina Cobo Bellina, Bérénice Fuller, Dorian Q.
Title:	Rice, beans and trade crops on the early maritime Silk Route in Southeast Asia
Date:	2016
Source:	Antiquity
Abstract:	Plant macrofossils from the sites of Khao Sam Kaeo and Phu Khao Thong on the Thai-Malay Peninsula show evidence of cross-cultural interactions, particularly between India to the west and Southeast Asia to the east. Archaeobotanical analysis of various cereals, beans and other crops from these assemblages sheds light on the spread and adoption of these species for local agriculture. There is also early evidence for the trade of key commodities such as cotton. The plant remains illustrate a variety of influences and networks of contact across South and Southeast Asia during the late first millennium BC.
Date Created:	9/26/2016
Volume:	90
Number:	353
Page Start:	1255
Page End:	1269