New evidence and revised interpretations of early agriculture in Highland New Guinea

被引：57

作者：

Denham, T

Haberle, S

Lentfer, C

机构：

[1] Flinders Univ S Australia, Sch Humanities, Dept Archaeol, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia

[2] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Pacific & Asian Studies, Res Management Asia Pacific Program, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

[3] So Cross Univ, Sch Environm Sci & Management, Ctr Geoarchaeol & Palaeoenvironm Res, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia

来源：

ANTIQUITY | 2004年 / 78卷 / 302期

关键词：

mid-Holocene; New Guinea Highlands; agriculture; Musa bananas;

D O I：

10.1017/S0003598X00113481

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

This review of the evidence for early agriculture in New Guinea supported by new data from Kuk Swamp demonstrates that cultivation had begun there by at least 6950-6440 cal BP and probably much earlier. Contrary to previous ideas, the first farming in New Guinea was not owed to South-East Asia, but emerged independently in the Highlands. Indeed plants such as the banana were probably first domesticated in New Guinea and later diffused into the Asian continent.

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页码：839 / 857

页数：19