Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology |
| Editors | Francesco Menotti and Aidan O’Sullivan |
| Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 231-248 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199573493 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |