Ballard, ChristopherDenham, TimHaberle, SimonMenotti, FrancescoO’Sullivan, Aidan2015-12-109780199573493http://hdl.handle.net/1885/54326This 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.201310.1093/oxfordhb/9780199573493.013.00012020-12-13