Social responses to climate change in Iron Age north-east Thailand: new archaeobotanical evidence
Castillo, Cristina C., Higham, Charles, Miller, Katie, Chang, Nigel, Douka, Katerina, Higham, Tom, and Fuller, Dorian (2018) Social responses to climate change in Iron Age north-east Thailand: new archaeobotanical evidence. Antiquity, 92 (365). pp. 1274-1291.
|
PDF (Published Version)
- Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial. Download (3MB) | Preview |
Abstract
New evidence from archaeological investigations in north-east Thailand shows a transition in rice farming towards wetland cultivation that would have facilitated greater yields and surpluses. This evidence, combined with new dates and palaeoclimatic data, suggests that this transition took place in the Iron Age, at a time of increasingly arid climate, and when a number of broader societal changes become apparent in the archaeological record. For the first time, it is possible to relate changes in subsistence economy to shifts in regional climate and water-management strategies, and to the emergence of state societies in Southeast Asia.
| Item ID: | 56105 |
|---|---|
| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1745-1744 |
| Keywords: | Thailand, Southeast Asia, Iron Age, rice farming, weed flora, agricultural intensification, archaeobotany |
| Copyright Information: | © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2018. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Funders: | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) |
| Projects and Grants: | NERC NE/N010957/1 |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2018 01:59 |
| FoR Codes: | 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4301 Archaeology > 430101 Archaeological science @ 50% 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4301 Archaeology > 430102 Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950502 Understanding Asias Past @ 60% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9603 Climate and Climate Change > 960311 Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability @ 40% |
| Downloads: |
Total: 1103 Last 12 Months: 10 |
| More Statistics |
Actions (Repository Staff Only)
 |
Item Control Page |