book chapter
No room at the top: agricultural intensification in the New Guinea highlands
sunda and sahul : prehistoric studies in southeast asia, melanesia and australia • London • 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.
- 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