Where was the 10,000-year-old rice found?

It was at the Shangshan Culture site. January 15 to March 14, "10,000 years of Zhejiang, from here - the Shangshan culture archaeological achievements exhibition" in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, the exhibition consists of Pujiang Shangshan site, Yiwu Qiaotou site, Xiantong site unearthed Shangshan culture latest archaeological achievements, display the archaeological discovery of 10,000 years ago rice, as well as the big big rice. The exhibition consists of the latest archaeological achievements of the culture, displaying the archaeological discovery of the 10,000 years of rice, as well as large-mouthed pots, pottery cups and other characteristics of the Shangshan culture in different periods of the early, middle and late pottery, leading the audience to travel through the 10,000 years of historical change.

It is reported that the Shangshan culture is a Neolithic culture type, after archaeological experts carbon 14 determination, the age of about 11,400 years to 8,400 years ago,in which the Shangshan culture site found in the carbonization of rice, is considered by the archaeological community as the origin of the world's rice civilization. "Eighty to ninety percent of the pottery found at the Shangshan site is mixed with rice husks, which fully indicates that 10,000 years ago the Shangshan people were already eating rice. We also found the tools they used to grind and dehull, which are stone grinding discs and stone grinding rods. Through experimental archaeology, the hulling effect is very good." Jiang Leping, a researcher at the Zhejiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said.

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Yiwu Qiaotou site of the Shangshan culture

The Yiwu Qiaotou site in the Shangshan culture also found a large number of fine pottery from the mid- to late-Neolithic period. Data show that the Qiaotou site, which is about 8,000-9,000 years old, has unearthed a lot of colorful pottery from the middle and late Shangshan culture since its excavation in 2012, and the quantity and completeness of the pottery have attracted the attention of the archaeological community. These colored potteries, with brightly colored pottery coats, predominantly red, but also creamy white, are the most numerous among the Shangshan Culture sites excavated so far.

Some of the pottery is also painted with different shapes of symbols, whose meanings have yet to be deciphered, experts said. In addition, traces consistent with the brewing process were found at the Qiaotou site, confirming that people began to master the brewing process 10,000 years ago.

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