Tracing early agriculture in the highlands of New Guinea plot, mound and ditch

part Part I Rethinking early agriculture -- chapter 1 Early agriculture in the highlands: an unexpected story -- chapter 2 Defining early agriculture in New Guinea -- part Part II Places, practices and plants -- chapter 3 The importance of place -- chapter 4 Cultivation practices in the highlands --...

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1. Verfasser: Denham, Tim (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London, New York Routledge 2018
Schriftenreihe:UCL Institute of Archaeology publications 68
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Zusammenfassung:part Part I Rethinking early agriculture -- chapter 1 Early agriculture in the highlands: an unexpected story -- chapter 2 Defining early agriculture in New Guinea -- part Part II Places, practices and plants -- chapter 3 The importance of place -- chapter 4 Cultivation practices in the highlands -- chapter 5 The plants of highland cultivation -- part Part III Practices in the past -- chapter 6 Exploiting diversity in the Pleistocene -- chapter 7 Ambiguities of practice during the early Holocene -- chapter 8 The emergence of shifting cultivation -- chapter 9 The adoption of mound cultivation during the mid-Holocene -- chapter 10 The digging of drainage ditches during the late Holocene -- chapter 11 Later innovations, introductions and adoptions -- part Part IV Taking a broader view -- chapter 12 Historical resilience of agriculture in the highlands -- chapter 13 The global significance of early agriculture on New Guinea.
Beschreibung:xiii, 200 Seiten
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ISBN:9780815361817
978-0-8153-6181-7
9780367589073
978-0-367-58907-3