TY - JOUR
T1 - Contiguous multi-proxy analyses (X-Radiography, Diatom, Pollen, and Microcharcoal) of holocene archaeological features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea
AU - Denham, Tim
AU - Sniderman, Kale
AU - Saunders, Krystyna M.
AU - Winsborough, Barbara
AU - Pierret, Alain
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Contiguous multi-proxy analyses (X-radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) have been conducted on the fills of early, mid-, and mid-late Holocene features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea. The features are associated with key periods of archaeological interest: plant exploitation (ca. 10,000 cal yr B.P.), earliest cultivation (6950-6440 cal yr B.P.), and earliest ditches (ca. 4000 cal yr B.P.). The analyses are designed to clarify uncertainties regarding the reliability and association of different samples within feature fills for the interpretation of human activities on the wetland in the past. Methodologically, these investigations have clarified site formation processes, including pedogenesis within feature fills, which enable a better determination of archaeological associations for different samples within those fills. Substantively, the results provide higher resolution interpretations of pale-oenvironments and past human activities on the wetland margin.
AB - Contiguous multi-proxy analyses (X-radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) have been conducted on the fills of early, mid-, and mid-late Holocene features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea. The features are associated with key periods of archaeological interest: plant exploitation (ca. 10,000 cal yr B.P.), earliest cultivation (6950-6440 cal yr B.P.), and earliest ditches (ca. 4000 cal yr B.P.). The analyses are designed to clarify uncertainties regarding the reliability and association of different samples within feature fills for the interpretation of human activities on the wetland in the past. Methodologically, these investigations have clarified site formation processes, including pedogenesis within feature fills, which enable a better determination of archaeological associations for different samples within those fills. Substantively, the results provide higher resolution interpretations of pale-oenvironments and past human activities on the wetland margin.
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U2 - 10.1002/gea.20283
DO - 10.1002/gea.20283
M3 - Article
SN - 0883-6353
VL - 24
SP - 715
EP - 742
JO - Geoarchaeology - An International Journal
JF - Geoarchaeology - An International Journal
IS - 6
ER -