Southeast Asian populations consumed specific staple foods prior to the cultivation of rice
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Archaeological and paleoecological evidence indicates that pre-agricultural Southeast Asian populations relied on foraging, hunting, and gathering wild plants and resources prior to the introduction and cultivation of rice.
Evidence for · 3
Forager-farmer transition at the crossroads of East and Southeast Asia 4900 years ago.
2023 · cited by 34
Studies the transition from foraging to farming in Southeast Asia, noting that prior to cereal agriculture, populations relied on hunting and gathering local plants and animals.
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Late Pleistocene human paleoecology in the highland savanna ecosystem of mainland Southeast Asia
2021 · cited by 29
Details the late Pleistocene hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies in mainland Southeast Asia, showing reliance on foraging a variety of wild food items in mosaic environments prior to agriculture.
From Early Domesticated Rice of the Middle Yangtze Basin to Millet, Rice and Wheat Agriculture: Archaeobotanical Macro-Remains from Baligang, Nanyang Basin, Central China (6700-500 BC).
2015 · cited by 21
Demonstrates that early cultivation was accompanied by the heavy collection of wild staple foods such as acorns before systematic cereal agriculture became dominant.