Envisaging early agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea: Landscapes, plants and practices

World Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 290-306

  Denham, Tim ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degrees of domestication; Early agriculture; Landscapes; New Guinea Highlands; Practices; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; DOMESTICATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22144465228     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240500095447     Document Type: Review

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