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Sweet potato gardens and terracing

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Nancy Hitchcock
dc.coverage.spatialPapua New Guinea
dc.coverage.spatialPari
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-13T02:59:27Z
dc.date.available2019-09-13T02:59:27Z
dc.date.created1962
dc.date.updated2019-09-09T05:55:31Z
dc.descriptionSweet potato garden recently planted following grass fallow on shallow limestone soil. Cuttings are planted in soil mounds. This area has many rocky outcrops and horizontal and downhill ditches have not been constructed as is often done. Terracing with sticks to reduce wash away of topsoil can be seen.
dc.format.extent3.5cm x 2cm
dc.format.mediummounted transparency
dc.format.mediumfull colour
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.identifierANUA 293-1-12en_AU
dc.identifierANUA 293-1-13en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/168755
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by The Australian National University in 2008.
dc.relation.ispartofSlides of Papua New Guinea & Nauru
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPari, Eastern Highlands New Guinea
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subject.otherHitchcock, Nancy Eva (nee Kirk) (1930- )
dc.subject.otherPapua New Guinea customs
dc.subject.otherPapuan peoples
dc.subject.otherdietitians
dc.subject.othernutrition
dc.titleSweet potato gardens and terracing
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesRelated publication - Eben H Hipsley and Nancy E Kirk (Hitchcock): South Pacific Commission - Studies of Dietary Intake and the Expenditure of Energy by New Guineans. Technical Paper No. 147. 1962.

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