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Science 2 April 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3978, pp. 54 - 56
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3978.54
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An Early Center of Bovine Husbandry in Southeast Asia

C. F. W. Higham 1 and B. F. Leach 1

1 Anthropology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Non Nok Tha is a prehistoric site in northeast Thailand. The radiocarbon dates suggest that it was first occupied by at least 3500 B.C., and possibly as early as 5000 B.C. The deepest levels contain unexpectedly early evidence for rice cultivation and bronze casting. Multivariate and cultural analyses of the bovine bones suggest that the first inhabitants raised domesticated cattle. This is among the earliest evidence for bovine domestication known.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Early Thai Bronze: Analysis and New Dates.
D. T. Bayard (1972)
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