Early and mid Holocene tool-use and processing of taro ( Colocasia esculenta), yam ( Dioscorea sp.) and other plants at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
Recent multidisciplinary investigations document an independent emergence of agriculture at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. In this paper we report preliminary usewear analysis and details of prehistoric use of stone tools for processing starchy food and other plants at Kuk Swamp. Mo...
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Published in | Journal of archaeological science Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 595 - 614 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier Ltd
01.05.2006
Elsevier Science |
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