ANTH 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mekong Delta, Oryza Sativa, Khorat Plateau
Document Summary
Coe pp 29-32 and hanks 1972 - talks about economy and practice of rice growing on. Clementin-ohja and manguin - english summary of archeology research by the. Rice is the most important crop grown in southeast asia an its production is interrelated to the annual monsoon. What is rice - oryza sativa, an annual semiaquatic grass. Most important plant in cambodia - khmer word for food is cooked rice (bai) Many different varieties of rice with different growing conditions and tastes - cambodia has 25. Requires substantial water but soils can be relatively poor. Mekong river delta has to avoid brackishness and salt. Very labor intensive: village to community level organization. Rice wine is common in cambodia and you can put tarantulas in there. Four main methods of rice growing: dry rice farming, bunded field farming, flood retreat farming, floating rice farming. 1: dry rice farming - slash and burn or swidden.
