Aerial view of farmland surrounded by forested mountains. An excavated area of paddy fields in outlined and annotated 'Shiao'. A nearby site (Tianluoshan) is also annotated.
Rice is the staple of over half of the world's population ๐
Research at one of the earliest & largest paddy fields in China sheds light on how the development of rice agriculture underpinned the formation of complex societies in Asia #FarmingFriday
(ยฃ) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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