Phytolith Analysis of Shangshan Culture Site Reveals 100,000-Year Journey of Rice from Wild Harvesting to Domestication in East Asia

The 24th Archaeological Science Forum

Topic: Phytolith Analysis of the Shangshan Culture Site Reveals the 100,000-Year Process of Rice from Wild Collection to Domestication in East Asia

Speaker: Zhang Jianping, Researcher (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Commentator: L眉 Hongliang, Professor (Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University)

About the Speaker:

Zhang Jianping is a researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, specializing in environmental archaeology and archaeobotany. In recent years, he has focused on phytolith morphological research, establishing internationally recognized identification standards for phytoliths and phytocalcilites of dryland crops, rice, tea, hemp, and their ancestral plants. He has applied microfossil analysis to achieve new progress in the origin and dissemination of dryland and rice agriculture in China, the reconstruction of site ecological environments, and their relationship with environmental changes. He has published more than 60 papers in Science, PNAS, Science Bulletin, etc., cited more than 3,000 times, and won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award in 2020 (ranked fourth). He serves as a director of the Paleontological Society of China, a member of the Professional Committee of the Chinese Quaternary Science Committee, a member of the Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology, and the deputy leader of the Microfossil and Paleoenvironment Research Group of the Geographical Society of China.

Time: June 12, 2024, 10:00-12:00 AM

Location: Conference Room 200, Liberal Arts Building, Wangjiang Campus, Sichuan University