Late Pleistocene Human used Rice in Sri Lanka: Phytolith Investigation of the Deposits at Fahien Rockshelter

Authors

  • Rathnasiri Premathilake

  • Chris O. Hunt

Keywords:

fahien rock shelter; sediment; stratigraphy; phytoliths; rice;sri lanka

Abstract

Phytolith microscopic plant silicate bodies evidence suggests that anatomically modern humans lived at Fahien rock shelterin the south-western Sri Lanka intensively used wild rice species e g Oryza cf nivara in association with lowland rain forests from 48 35ka 48 350 calyrs BP The intensive use of wild rice could be a local innovation

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Rathnasiri Premathilake, & Chris O. Hunt. (2017). Late Pleistocene Human used Rice in Sri Lanka: Phytolith Investigation of the Deposits at Fahien Rockshelter. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 17(D2), 19–29. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/2414

 
Late Pleistocene Human used Rice in Sri Lanka: Phytolith Investigation of the Deposits at Fahien Rockshelter

Published

2017-07-15

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Vol. 17 No. D2 (2017): GJHSS-D History, Archeology and Anthropology: Volume 17 Issue D2

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