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The New Guinea Neolithic tradition was ancestral to historic peoples living in highland New Guinea and dates from about 10,000 to 100 BP (8000 BC - AD 1900.) People lived in small, sedentary villages of about 50-100 people. Taro, yam and banana were grown in raised fields and terraces cross-cut with drainage ditches. Simple tools were used in food production. Pigs were domesticated by 6000 BP and became important in the diet. Ceramics and extensive trade developed around 2000 BP. The &#x22;big man&#x22; political system may have developed around this time, too.

Settlement and economy in prehistoric Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea highlands prehistory

No room at the top

The origins and development of New Guinea agriculture

Agriculture and sociopolitical organization in New Guinea highlands prehistory

Tradition summary

Prehistoric garden terraces in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea

Ol Tumbuna: archaeological excavations in the Eastern Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Author	Title	Publication Date
Bulmer, Susan	Settlement and economy in prehistoric Papua New Guinea	1975
Feil, D. K. (Daryl Keith)	Papua New Guinea highlands prehistory	1987
Golson, Jack	No room at the top	1977
Golson, Jack	The origins and development of New Guinea agriculture	1989
Golson, Jack	Agriculture and sociopolitical organization in New Guinea highlands prehistory	1990
Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal)	Tradition summary	2000
Sullivan, M. E.	Prehistoric garden terraces in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea	1987
White, J. Peter (John Peter)	Ol Tumbuna: archaeological excavations in the Eastern Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea	1972
White, J. Peter (John Peter)	New Guinea	1982

New Guinea Neolithic

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