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ID: 7032997
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032997
Record Type:
physical
Kuk Swamp (ancient site)
Note:
Located near Mount Hagen, in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. The site contains evidence of early agriculture in Oceania and the beginnings of organized agriculture worldwide; the area's land has been worked continuously for over 7,000 years.
Names:
Kuk Swamp
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Kuk
(
C
,
V
)
Kuk Early Agricultural Area
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
Papua New Guinea
(nation) (
P
)
............
Western Highlands
(province) (
P
)
................
Kuk Swamp
(ancient site) (
P
)
Place Types:
ancient site (
preferred
,
C
)
World Heritage Site (
C
)
............
designated by UNESCO in 2008
swamp (
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
prehistoric site (
C
)
agricultural land (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Kuk..........
[
VP
]
...........
Minnesota State University at Mankato online (2000-)
...........
Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002)
Kuk Early Agricultural Area..........
[
VP
]
...............................................
UNESCO [online] (2002-)
Kuk Swamp..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
"agriculture, origins;" accessed 30 October 2009
....................
Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..................
Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
"agriculture, origins;" accessed 30 October 2009
..........
Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002)
344
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