栽培稻的起源地通常被认为是从印度阿萨姆到中国西南部的云南省一带的亚洲内陆山地。以渡部忠世为代表的“云南——阿萨姆”起源说至今仍有不可动摇的地位。但是根据中国考古工作的结果,证明中国的稻作最早开始于长江下游的太湖流域。云南省所在的西南部则比这一带要迟3000年左右。于是中国考古学者提出 The origin of cultivated rice is generally considered to be an inland mountain in Asia from Assam in India to Yunnan Province in southwestern China. The origin of “Yunnan-Assam” represented by Tadatsu’s loyalty is still unshakable. However, according to the results of Chinese archeology, it is proved that the earliest rice cultivation in China started in the Taihu Lake basin in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The southwestern province where Yunnan is located is about 3,000 years later than this one. So Chinese archeologists proposed