New evidence and revised interpretations of early agriculture in Highland New Guinea
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- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Antiquity
- Vol. 78 (302) , 839-857
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00113481
Abstract
This review of the evidence for early agriculture in New Guinea supported by new data from Kuk Swamp demonstrates that cultivation had begun there by at least 6950–6440 cal BP and probably much earlier. Contrary to previous ideas, the first farming in New Guinea was not owed to SouthEast Asia, but emerged independently in the Highlands. Indeed plants such as the banana were probably first domesticated in New Guinea and later diffused into the Asian continent.Keywords
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