Envisaging Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea

Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 160-188

  Denham, Tim ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arboriculture; Highlands; Mid holocene; New guinea

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750964704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773475.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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