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31897 |
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Journal Article |
Authors: |
Cauchois, Mickaelle-Hinanui
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Title: |
Dryland horticulture in Maupiti: an ethnoarchaeological study
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Date: |
2002
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Source: |
Asian Perspectives (2002)
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Notes: |
Special Issue: Eastern Polynesia
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Abstract: |
Maupiti (Society Islands, French Polynesia) is a small high island where dry and nonmechanized horticulture is still practiced. These practices can be seen in small orchard-gardens on the coastal plain and on mountainsides. Dryland cultures can seldom be organized in larger .elds in the mountain,wher e staple species such as taro and bananas can be mixed among fallow. A quasi-exhaustive archaeological survey has been made in Maupiti and no evidence of prehistoric horticultural remains were found. This lack of archaeological remains and the presence of several dryland orchard-gardens were the beginning of a study whose main purpose was to try to understand how dryland horticulture should appear in the archaeological record.
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Date Created: |
10/19/2003
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Volume: |
41
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Number: |
2
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Page Start: |
269
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Page End: |
283
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