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Plant remains from waterlogged sites in the Arawe Islands, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea: implications for the history of plant use and domestication

Economic botany, 1997-04, Vol.51 (2), p.121-133 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 1997 The New York Botanical Garden ;1997 INIST-CNRS ;ISSN: 0013-0001 ;EISSN: 1874-9364 ;DOI: 10.1007/BF02893102 ;CODEN: ECBOA5

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Title:
Plant remains from waterlogged sites in the Arawe Islands, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea: implications for the history of plant use and domestication
Author: Matthews, P.J. (National Museum of Ethnology, Senri, Okaka.) ; Gosden, C
Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions ; ANEGAMIENTO ; ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL ; Archaeological sites ; ARCHAEOLOGY ; Beaches ; Biological and medical sciences ; DOMESTICACION ; DOMESTICATION ; Economic botany ; EDIBLE SPECIES ; ENGORGEMENT DU SOL ; ESPECE ; ESPECIES ; ETHNOBOTANIQUE ; ETHNOBOTANY ; ETNOBOTANICA ; Food crops ; FRUITS ; FRUITS A COQUE ; FRUTAS ; FRUTOS SECOS ; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology ; Generalities. Genetics. Plant material ; Genetics and breeding of economic plants ; Humans ; NUTS ; Origin, evolution, domestication ; PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE ; PAPUA NEW GUINEA ; PAPUA NUEVA GUINEA ; Plant domestication ; Plant material ; Plants ; SPECIES ; Trees ; WATERLOGGING
Is Part Of: Economic botany, 1997-04, Vol.51 (2), p.121-133
Description: Plant remains in the Arawe Islands were found preserved in waterlogged beach sediments. Remnants of edible fruit and wild nuts were found together with Lapita pottery, stone artifacts, and other evidence of human settlement. Previous discoveries of fruit and nut remains in Lapita pottery sites have been interpreted as evidence for an arboricultural complex based on a variety of tree species. Here we report direct evidence for plant use, but are unable to recognise any particular system of plant cultivation or harvest. All the genera and species recognised in the Arawe plant remains are known to enter modern beach drift by natural processes, from wild and cultivated sources. The archaeological assemblages pose intriguing problems for interpreting the history of plant use and domestication. / [Abstract in Chinese]
Publisher: Heidelberg: The New York Botanical Garden
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0013-0001
EISSN: 1874-9364
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893102
CODEN: ECBOA5
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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Plant remains from waterlogged sites in the Arawe Islands, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea: implications for the history of plant use and domestication

Copyright 1997 The New York Botanical Garden ;1997 INIST-CNRS ;ISSN: 0013-0001 ;EISSN: 1874-9364 ;DOI: 10.1007/BF02893102 ;CODEN: ECBOA5

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