Further reading

Allen, J. ‘Prehistoric agricultural systems in the Wahgi valley - a further note.' Mankind, 7 (1970), 177-83.

Bayliss-Smith, T.P. ‘The meaning of ditches: interpreting the archaeological record using insights from ethnography.' In T.P.

‘People-plant interactions in the New Guinea highlands: agricultural hearthland or horticultural backwater?' In D.R. Harris (ed.), The Origins and Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism in Eurasia. London: UCL Press, 1996. 499-552.

Bourke, R.M. and T. Harwood (eds.). Food and Agriculture in Papua New Guinea. Canberra: ANU E Press, 2009.

Brookfield, H.C. ‘The ecology of highland settlement: some suggestions.' American Anthropologist, 66 (1964), 20-38.

Christensen, O.A. ‘Hunters and horticulturalists: a preliminary report of the 1972-4 excavations in the Manim valley, Papua New Guinea.' Mankind, 10 (1975), 24-36.

Denham, T.P. ‘Agricultural origins and the emergence of rectilinear ditch networks in the highlands of New Guinea.' In A. Pawley, R. Attenborough, J. Golson, and R. Hide (eds.), Papuan Pasts: Cultural, Linguistic and Biological Histories of Papuan-Speaking Peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2005. 329-61.

‘Archaeological evidence for mid-Holocene agriculture in the interior of Papua New Guinea: a critical review.' Archaeology in Oceania, 38 (2003), 159-76.

‘Early agriculture and plant domestication in New Guinea and island Southeast Asia.' Current Anthropology, 52, Supplement 4 (2011), S379-95.

‘Early to mid-Holocene plant exploitation in New Guinea: towards a contingent interpretation of agriculture.' In T.P. Denham, J. Iriarte, and L. Vrydaghs (eds.), Rethinking Agriculture: Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives.

‘Envisaging early agriculture in the highlands of New Guinea: landscapes, plants and practices.' World Archaeology, 37 (2005), 290-306.

‘The Kuk morass: multi-disciplinary investigations of early to mid Holocene plant exploitation at Kuk Swamp, Wahgi valley, Papua New Guinea.' Unpublished PhD thesis (Canberra: Australian National University, 2003).

Denham, T.P. and H. Barton. ‘The emergence of agriculture in New Guinea: continuity from pre-existing foraging practices.' In DJ. Kennett and B. Winterhalder (eds.), Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. 237-64.

Denham, T.P., J. Golson, and P.J. Hughes. ‘Reading early agriculture at Kuk (phases 1-3), Wahgi valley, Papua New Guinea: the wetland archaeological features.' Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 70 (2004), 259-98.

Denham, T.P. and S.G. Haberle. ‘Agricultural emergence and transformation in the upper Wahgi valley during the Holocene: theory, method and practice.' The Holocene, 18 (2008), 499-514.

Denham, T.P., S.G. Haberle, and C. Lentfer. ‘New evidence and interpretations for early agriculture in highland New Guinea.' Antiquity, 78 (2004), 839-57.

Denham, T.P., S.G. Haberle, C. Lentfer, et al. ‘Origins of agriculture at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of New Guinea.' Science, 301 (2003), 189-93.

Fullagar, R., J. Field, T.P. Denham, and C. Lentfer. ‘Early and mid-Holocene processing of taro (Colocasia esculenta) and yam (Dioscorea sp.) at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.' Journal of Archaeological Science, 33 (2006), 595-614.

Golson, J. ‘The Ipomoean revolution revisited: society and sweet potato in the upper Wahgi valley.' In A. Strathern (ed.), Inequality in New Guinea Highland Societies. Cambridge University Press, 1982. 109-36.

‘The New Guinea highlands on the eve of agriculture.' Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, 11 (1991), 82-91.

‘No room at the top: agricultural intensification in the New Guinea highlands.' In J. Allen, J. Golson, and R. Jones (eds.), Sunda and Sahul: Prehistoric Studies in Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia. New York and London: Academic Press, 1977. 601-38.

‘Unravelling the story of early plant exploitation in highland Papua New Guinea.' In T.P. Denham, J. Iriarte, and L. Vrydaghs (eds.), Rethinking Agriculture: Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2007.109-25.

Golson, J., T.P. Denham, P.J. Hughes, P. Swadling, and J. Muke (eds.). 10,000 Years of Gardening at Kuk. Canberra: ANU E Press, forthcoming.

Golson, J. and P.J. Hughes. ‘The appearance of plant and animal domestication in New Guinea.' Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes, 36 (1980), 294-303.

Groube, L. ‘The taming of the rainforests: a model for late Pleistocene forest exploitation in New Guinea.' In D.R. Harris and G.C. Hillman (eds.), Foraging and Farming: The Evolution of Plant Exploitation. London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. 292-304.

Lebot, V. ‘Biomolecular evidence for plant domestication in Sahul.' Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 46 (1999), 619-28.

Powell, J.M. ‘The history of plant use and man's impact on the vegetation.' In J.L. Gressitt (ed.), Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea, vol. ι. The Hague: Junk, 1982. 207-27.

‘Plant resources and palaeobotanical evidence for plant use in the Papua New Guinea highlands.' Archaeology in Oceania, 17 (1982), 28-37.

Powell, J.M., A. Kulunga, R. Moge, et al. Agricultural Traditions in the Mount Hagen Area. Department of Geography Occasional Paper 12. Port Moresby: University of Papua New Guinea, 1976.

Yen, D.E. ‘The domestication of environment.' In D.R. Harris and G.C. Hillman (eds.), Foraging and Farming: The Evolution of Plant Exploitation. London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. 55-75.

‘The origins of Oceanic agriculture.' Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania, 8 (1973), 68-85.