ENCOUNTER is an ERC Starting Project that investigates the dispersal of rice and millet farming in prehistoric Japan during the Jomon-Yayoi transition.
We are delighted to host a symposium on
"The Transition to Agriculture at the edges of Eurasia
- Neolithisation in the British Isles and the Jomon-Yayoi transition -" at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research on the 4th and 5th of July 2024 https://t.co/bYmQVkJhme
New paper on @PNASNews led by @SimonCarrignon with Anne Kandler and Stephen Shennan, where we explore the impact of post-marital residence rules and resocialisation in cultural hitchhiking
https://t.co/53nm5kctnm
🌱 What was the demographic response to the introduction of rice agriculture in prehistoric Japan? Find out in a new paper by the @encounter_erc project!
👉 Read about it: https://t.co/tOMJH0F4Qv
📸 Modern paddy field - S. Shoda
Latest paper from the Encounter Project featuring population studies on the impact of farming by @er_crema@SimonCarrignon Shinya Shoda and Chris Stevens @UCamArchaeology
📢 Publication Alert!
Pleased to share our latest paper from the @encounter_erc published on @AntiquityJ where we explore the demographic impact of rice agriculture in prehistoric Japan
https://t.co/IZuUKq7Jj9
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@wheatcatoldshit Sorry you've missed this! Unfortunately we did record the lectures. You can access papers pertaining to our project on this webpage: https://t.co/8Px5xY9gOD
We had a fantastic first day at the "Transition to agriculture at the edge of Eurasia" symposium!!! Amazing speakers covering the latest on the diffusion of farming in Japan and Britain! Join us online from more tomorrow!! https://t.co/RR09OjoEMm
So proud of my amazing colleagues of the @encounter_erc project! I learn so much from every single one of them! We had an amazing two days of discussion thanks to them and our wonderful guest speakers!
If you are around Cambridge next week don't forget to come by! we're hosting a super nice symposium to discuss and compare the arrival of farming in Japan & the British Islands (and you can also register online).
We also found even less evidence for the (exclusive) processing of rice. If present at all, rice must have been mixed with animal products
Data and Code can be found 👇https://t.co/rfP5lxkblN
🚨Publication Alert!🚨
We are happy to share the latest paper from the ENCOUNTER project, led by the fantastic Jasmine Lundy from @York_BioArCh, where we examine organic residues from Late Jomon to Middle Yayoi ceramics in Central Japan
https://t.co/zteYRmzMTu
While we found evidence that millet was indeed being processed for culinary purposes, the frequency of millet-specific biomarker (miliacin) was much lower than what one would expect if millet was dominantly used. This is strikingly different from what we observe in Korea.
We are delighted to host a symposium on
"The Transition to Agriculture at the edges of Eurasia
- Neolithisation in the British Isles and the Jomon-Yayoi transition -" at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research on the 4th and 5th of July 2024 https://t.co/bYmQVkJhme
Next we had Chris Stevens who provided a comparative perspective on the role of wild plants in Japan, Britain, and Korea after the introduction of farming