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Rice

Table 1 Results of charring experiments

From: Rice in Thailand: The Archaeobotanical Contribution

Ratios

Ex1

Ex2

Ex3

Ex4

Hulled rice/hulled foxtail millet

14:1

12:11

1:1

 

Hulled rice/hulled broomcorn millet

2:1

8:7

19:20

 

Rice husk/foxtail millet husk

12 Rice husk fragments no foxtail husk

22:3

35:3

 

Rice husk/broomcorn millet husk

12:1

44:7

35:9

 

Naked rice/naked foxtail millet

   

No rice 6 foxtail

Naked rice/naked broomcorn millet

   

No rice 15 broomcorn

  1. Twenty-five grains of each cereal were used in all the experiments. Fires were fed for 3 hours with the highest temperature reaching 900ºC. All cereals were hulled in Ex1, Ex2 and Ex3. In Ex1, the cereals were in the fire for an hour longer than Ex2 and Ex3. All cereals were naked in Ex4
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