Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation at Kuk Swamp in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Kuk is a settlement at c. 1600 m altitude in the upper Wahgi Valley of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, near Mount Hagen, the provincial capital. The site forms part of the highland spine that runs for more than 2500 km from the western head of the island of New Guinea to the end...

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Other Authors: Golson, Jack (Editor), Denham, Tim (Editor), Hughes, Philip (Editor), Swadling, Pamela (Editor), Muke, John (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: ANU Press 2017
Series:Terra Australis
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