book chapter

No room at the top: agricultural intensification in the New Guinea highlands

sunda and sahul : prehistoric studies in southeast asia, melanesia and australiaLondon • Published In 1977 • Pages: 601-638

By: Golson, Jack.

Abstract
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 major part of this document is spent on summarizing the findings from the excavations at Kuk, mostly by describing the different phases of agricultural management and their agricultural drainage features. The archaeological evidence in conjunction with several local pollen sequences, provide evidence of the beginings and evolution of agriculture in the highlands of New Guinea.
Subjects
Topography and geology
Flora
Tillage
Water supply
Environmental quality
Chronologies and culture sequences
Typologies and classifications
tradition
New Guinea Neolithic
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 1999
Field Date
1974-1975
Coverage Date
9,000 BP - 100 BP
Coverage Place
Kuk; Papua New Guinea
Notes
Jack Golson
Includes bibliographical references (p. 634-638 )
LCCN
77074808
LCSH
Papua New Guinea Antiquities