Scientific test results of black rice fossils found in the basement of the Preah Ko temple site in Thala Barivat district, Stung Treng province late last year show that Cambodians have been cultivating and producing rice since the early Neolithic period.
The Neolithic age began around 12,000 years ago and ended as civilisations started to rise around 3,500BCE.
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