In response to this query, the 'article' (if one can call it that!) reproduces an image from the Land, Water, Settlement Project is based at Cambridge and directed by Cameron Petrie, and now superceded by the
Two Rains Project . And yes, the data is reliable!! THe work of Jennifer Bates in particular is relevant here.
More details:
http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/two-rains
Jennifer Bates
https://cambridge.academia.edu/JenniferBates
Dorian Fuller's Early Rice Project
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/directory/early_rice_fuller
Best wishes
Julia
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Dr Julia Shaw
Lecturer in South Asian Archaeology
Institute of Archaeology UCL
31-34 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PY
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:30:59 +0000
From: "Olivelle, J P" <jpo@austin.utexas.edu>
To: Jarrod Whitaker <whitakjl@wfu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Rice farming in India much older than thought
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But how reliable is the data? The article does not provide any.