Origins of Agriculture at Kuk Swamp in the Highlands of New Guinea-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Origins of Agriculture at Kuk Swamp in the Highlands of New Guinea

Published:2003-07-11 Issue:5630 Volume:301 Page:189-193
ISSN:0036-8075
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Author:

Denham T. P.¹,Haberle S. G.¹,Lentfer C.¹,Fullagar R.¹,Field J.¹,Therin M.¹,Porch N.¹,Winsborough B.¹

Affiliation:

1. School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. School of Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross University, P.O. Box 157, Lismore, New South Wales 2480, Australia. Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. School of Geography and...

Abstract

Multidisciplinary investigations at Kuk Swamp in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea show that agriculture arose independently in New Guinea by at least 6950 to 6440 calibrated years before the present (cal yr B.P.). Plant exploitation and some cultivation occurred on the wetland margin at 10,220 to 9910 cal yr B.P. (phase 1), mounding cultivation began by 6950 to 6440 cal yr B.P. (phase 2), and ditched cultivation began by 4350 to 3980 cal yr B.P. (phase 3). Clearance of lower montane rainforests began in the early Holocene, with modification to grassland at 6950 to 6440 cal yr B.P. Taro ( Colocasia esculenta ) was utilized in the early Holocene, and bananas ( Musa spp.) were intensively cultivated by at least 6950 to 6440 cal yr B.P.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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