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Excavated places tagged “rice”

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🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Toro Yayoi Paddy Settlement

Yayoi Late 1st c BCE–1st c CE (late Yayoi classic) · Yayoi Tokai Etsu — Toro paddy tradition (Suruga plain)

Toro Yayoi Paddy Settlement — classic Yayoi late wet-rice village (1st c BCE–1st c CE, late Yayoi) on Abe River floodplain 4 km south Shizuoka, discovered 1943 (Land Reform) excavated 1947–48 by Y.

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🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Senuwar Bihar Neolithic Mound

Neolithic 2300–1500 → Chalcolithic 1500–600 BCE → NBPW 600 BCE · Kaimur Neolithic–Chalcolithic — Vindhyan–Gangetic transition

Senuwar Bihar Neolithic Mound — Neolithic–Chalcolithic village (2300–600 BCE) on Kaimur plateau edge near Son River, excavated 1986–91 by B.P. Singh (BHU).