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27702 |
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Journal Article |
Authors: |
Denham, T.
Haberle, S. G.
Lentfer C.
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Title: |
New evidence and interpretations for early agriculture in Highland New Guinea
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Date: |
2004
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Source: |
Antiquity
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DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00113481 |
Notes: |
This review of the evidence for early agriculture in New Guinea supported by new data from Kuk Swamp demonstrates that cultivation had begun there by at least 6950-6440 cal BP and probably much earlier. Contrary to previous ideas, the first farming in New Guinea was not owed to Southeast Asia, but emerged independently in the Highlands. Indeed plants such as the banana were probably first domesticated in New Guinea and later diffused into the Asian continent.
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Date Created: |
4/18/2016
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Volume: |
78
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Number: |
302
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Page Start: |
839
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Page End: |
857
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