International Archaeobotany Symposium
"Origin of Rice Agriculture and Its Diffusion to Southeast and East Asia"
| Date & time: |
30 August (Sun.) - 31 August (Mon.) 2009 |
| Venue: |
RIHN Lecture Hall (  access) |
| Title: |
Origin of Rice Agriculture and Its Diffusion to Southeast and East Asia |
| Organiser: |
H-02 Project ( Ecohistory Program, RIHN） |
| Language: |
English |
| Other Information: |
Admission free
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Outline:
Last several years, a great deal of new data on the origin of rice agriculture in China and its diffusion to Southeast and East Asia have been obtained in areas of archaeobotany and genetics, that require reconsideration of the existing concept of early rice agriculture. However, so far there is no substantial exchanges between archaeobotanists and geneticists to sufficiently develop the discussion. For this symposium, 11 scholars of the both areas studying early rice agriculture are invited from 8 countries, to present newest advancements of their research and develop interdisciplinary discussion. Through that, we aim at constructing a synthetic view of archaeobotany and genetics to seek for new potentialities of research on the origin of rice agriculture.
Programme
Sunday, 30 August
|
| 9:30 – 9:40 |
Opening Remark from the Deputy Director
General
AKIMICHI Tomoya
|
| 9:40 – 10:00 |
Outline of the Symposium
SATO Yo-Ichiro |
| Session 1: General View on Early Rice Agriculture in Archaeology
and Genetics
|
| 10:00 – 10:40 |
"Consilience of genetics and archaeobotany in the entangled history
of rice"
Dorian Fuller
(Institute of Archaeology, University College London) |
| 10:40 – 11:20 |
"How major crops could expand their distribution? - Contribution of
weedy species and wild relatives"
Yo-Ichiro Sato (RIHN) |
| 11:20 – 12:00 |
"The molecular evolution of rice: Vignettes on its origins and spread"
Michael Purugganan
(Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology)
|
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Short discussion on genetics and archaeobotany
|
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
| Session 2: Origin of Rice Agriculture and Uses of Wild Food
Plants
|
| 14:00 – 14:40 |
"New Data and New Issues for the Study of Origin of Rice Agriculture
in China"
Zhijun Zhao
(Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
|
| 14:40 – 15:20 |
"The Origin of Rice Cultivation in the Lower Yangtze Region, China"
Shin’ichi Nakamura
(Department of Literature, Kanazawa University)
|
| 15:20 – 16:00 |
"Tree nuts and fruits in Indo-Pacific subsistence systems: Insights
from the Melanesian lowlands"
Andrew Fairbairn
(School of Social Science, University of Queensland)
|
| 16:00 – 16:15 |
Break |
| 16:15 – 17:00 |
Discussion on Early Rice Agriculture |
Monday, 31 August
|
| 9:50 – 10:00 |
Remark for the Second Day
SATO Yo-Ichiro
|
| Session 3: Diffusion of Rice Agriculture in East and South East
Asia
|
| 10:00 – 10:40 |
"Rice Agriculture in India"
Mukund Kajale
(Archaeology Department, Deemed University)
|
| 10:40 – 11:20 |
"Rice and the Harappan Civilization"
Marco Madella
(Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Spanish Council for
Scientific Research
)
|
| 11:20 – 11:50 |
Short Discussion on Indian Rice Agriculture
|
| 11:50 – 13:30 |
Lunch
|
| 13:30 – 14:10 |
"Rice or Millets: Early Farming Strategies in Central Thailand"
Steven Weber
(Department of Anthropology, Washington State University Vancouver
)
|
| 14:10 – 14:50 |
"Origin of indica glutinous rice-varieties - based on molecular
genetic studies
"
Chiaki Muto (RIHN)
|
| 14:50 – 15:30 |
"Beginning of Rice Agriculture in Korea
"
Sung-mo Ahn (Wonkwang University)
|
| 15:30 – 15:45 |
Break
|
| 15:45 – 17:00 |
General Discussion
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Contact:
Leo Aoi Hosoya
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
(RIHN)
zip code: 603-8047
457-4, Motoyama Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto
City, Japan
tel: +81-75-707-2386 fax: +81-75-707-2508
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