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Figure 2

From: MicroCT reveals domesticated rice (Oryza sativa) within pottery sherds from early Neolithic sites (4150–3265 cal BP) in Southeast Asia

Figure 2

(A) – Photograph of Sherd 1 (An Son) showing offcut used for tomographic imaging. (B) – Optical microscope image of rice impression on surface of Sherd 1. (C) – SEM image of rice impression on exposed cut surface of Sherd 1. (D) – Tomograph showing high-density, highly attenuated, clay fraction within offcut of Sherd 1. (E) – Tomograph showing mineral fraction within offcut of Sherd 1. (F) – Tomograph of low-density organic inclusions within offcut of Sherd 1. (G) – Tomograph of targeted rice husk fragment in offcut of Sherd 1, showing distinctive checkboard patterning of epidermis. (H) – Tomograph of rice spikelet base in offcut of Sherd 1, identified by positional relationship with husk fragments and recessed, irregular abscission scar. See Animations S1–S5 for detail of Fig. 2D–G.

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