Sherds as archaeobotanical assemblages: Gua Sireh reconsidered

• Autores: Aleese Barron, Ipoi Datan, Peter Bellwood, Rachel Wood, Dorian Q. Fuller, Tim Denham
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 94, Nº 377, 2020, págs. 1325-1336
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The earliest claim for domesticated rice in Island Southeast Asia (4960–3565 cal BP) derives from a single grain embedded in a ceramic sherd from Gua Sireh Cave, Borneo. In a first assessment of spikelet-base assemblages within pottery sherds using quantitative microCT analysis, the authors found no additional rice remains within this sherd to support the early date of rice farming; analysis of a more recent Gua Sireh sherd (1990–830 cal BP), however, indicates that 70 per cent of spikelet bases are from domesticated rice. This technique offers a high degree of contextual and temporal resolution for approaching organic-tempered ceramics as well-preserved archaeobotanical assemblages.