The meaning of ditches: an ethnography of field systems and other networks in a New Guinea landscape

Christopher Ballard

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.13

The meaning of ditches: an ethnography of field systems and other networks in a New Guinea landscape

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When is a ditch not—or not simply—a ditch? This article explores the idea of the ditch or drain, drawing on ethnographic, archaeological, and agronomic accounts of

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea
Editors	Ian J. McNiven and Bruno David
Place of Publication	England
Publisher	Oxford Uniting Press
Pages	C13.S1–C13.S16
ISBN (Print)	9780190095611
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.13
Publication status	Published - 2022

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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. ed. / Ian J. McNiven and Bruno David. England: Oxford Uniting Press, 2022. p. C13.S1–C13.S16.

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