Prehistoric stone artefacts from Enga and the implication of links between the highlands, lowlands and islands for early agriculture in Papua New Guinea

  • Swadling P
  • Wiessner P
  • Tumu A
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Two of the unanswered questions of Papua New Guinea prehistory are: \(1\) whether agriculture was present in the mid-Holocene not only in the highlands but also in the lowlands and Bismarck Archipelago and \(2\) whether the presence of agriculture might have been influenced by interaction between these regions. This paper addresses these questions through an analysis of prehistoric stone mortars, pestles and figures, which hold information on both style and function. Cet article traite deux des questions sans réponse de la préhistoire de la Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée : \(1\) l'agriculture était-elle présente dans le mi-Holocène non seulement dans les hautes terres mais également dans les basses terres et l'archipel Bismarck et \(2\) la présence de l'agriculture pourrait-elle avoir été influencée par l’existence de relations entre ces deux régions. Cet article aborde ces questions en analysant des mortiers, des pilons et des figures en pierre préhistoriques, qui livrent des informations sur leur style et leur fonction.

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Swadling, P., Wiessner, P., & Tumu, A. (2008). Prehistoric stone artefacts from Enga and the implication of links between the highlands, lowlands and islands for early agriculture in Papua New Guinea. Journal de La Société Des Océanistes, (126–127), 271–292. https://doi.org/10.4000/jso.2942

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