Wetland archaeology in the highlands of New Guinea
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2013
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Ballard, Christopher
Denham, Tim
Haberle, Simon
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Oxford University Press
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This chapter discusses regional prehistory and the emergence of agriculture in the highlands; the wetlands of the New Guinea highlands; the history of wetland archaeological research; archaeological sequences; ethnographic analogues; and wetland use in the New Guinea lowlands. It concludes by explaining how the archaeology of wetland agriculture in the New Guinea highlands contributes to a global understanding of wetland archaeology.
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The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology
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