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No room at the topbook chapter 1977 • Golson, Jack
New Guinea Neolithic • Oceania > Melanesia
Golson briefly describes the character of agriculture in the highlands and then explores how it was thought to have originated and evolved. Golson points out the most limiting environmental factor on agriculture in the highlands is the altitude. The ...The origins and development of New Guinea agriculturebook chapter 1989 • Golson, Jack
New Guinea Neolithic • Oceania > Melanesia
Golson critiques the findings from Kuk, in particular, the 9,000 year old date, in light of the assumption that agriculture on New Guinea originated in Asia. Golson points out the problems with the findings such as the researchers only found agricult...Agriculture and sociopolitical organization in New Guinea highlands prehistoryarticle 1990 • Golson, Jack & Gardner, D. S.
New Guinea Neolithic • Oceania > Melanesia
Golson and Gardner explore the question of how the introduction of the sweet potato or earlier agricultural practices may have changed agriculture and influenced the character of Highland societies. By looking at early agriculture, particularly at Ku...Prehistoric garden terraces in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guineaarticle 1987 • Sullivan, M. E. et al.
New Guinea Neolithic • Oceania > Melanesia
Sullivan et al. examined terraces that had been previously thought to have formed naturally. The authors' examination, which included archaelogical excavation, proved these terraces to be cultural; probably made for agricultural purposes. Soil develo...