Origins of agriculture at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of New Guinea

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5630, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Denham, T P ^a,f   Haberle, S G ^a   Lentfer, C ^b   Fullagar, R ^c   Field, J ^c   Therin, M ^c   Porch, N ^d   Winsborough, B ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Winsborough Consulting   (United States)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GRASSLANDS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CULTIVATION; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; RAINFOREST; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BANANA; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; STRATIGRAPHY; SWAMP; TILLAGE; WETLAND; CLIMATE; COLOCASIA; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; PLANT; SEDIMENT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; MUSA;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE; COLOCASIA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MUSA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 0037815197     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085255     Document Type: Article

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25. T.P.D. directed the multidisciplinary research and conducted the archaeological, pedological, and sedimentological investigations. S.G.H. undertook pollen and charcoal particle identifications and counts. C.L. undertook phytolith identifications and counts, with an emphasis on Musa spp. R.F., J.F. and M.T. undertook starch grain analysis of stone tool residues. N.P. undertook insect identifications. B.W. undertook diatom identifications and counts. The authors are indebted to J. Golson for his generous assistance and encouragement during every stage of the work documented here and for unfettered access to the site archive for the 1970s investigations. J. Golson, G. Hope, M. Spriggs, S. Blau, and anonymous reviewers are thanked for their comments on a draft manuscript. T.P.D. acknowledges scholarships and a fieldwork grant from the Australian National University (ANU) and grants from the Australia-Pacific Science Foundation (awarded to J. Golson in 1998 and 1999) and the Pacific Islands Development Program (1999). S.G.H. completed this work while on an Australian Research Council QEII Fellowship. C.L. acknowledges a scholarship from Southern Cross University and grants from the Pacific Biological Foundation (2002) and Australian Museum. The Centre for Archaeological Research at ANU, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, and Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU (courtesy of J. Chappell) provided radiometric age determinations. Thanks are due to K. Dancey, R. Patat, and A. and C. Rohn for their assistance with the graphics. Current studies were made possible with the permission and assistance of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, National Research Institute, Western Highlands Provincial Government, and the Kawelka at Kuk.