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Changes in subsistence practices and diet in Papua New Guinea
- Abstract:
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Papua New Guinea (PNG) became a nation state in 1975. Prior to that it had ninety-one years under colonial authority of one sort or another. It is the largest tropical island, with high rainfall and considerable geographical diversity. Coastal regions, inland swamps and highland valleys all provide ecosystems distinct from each other, and history and geography have together helped to shape dietary patterns in PNG.
The agricultural ecology of PNG has evolved over the last 10,000 year...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Leicester University Press
- Host title:
- Food, diet and economic change past and present
- Pages:
- 183-206
- Publication date:
- 1993-01-01
- ISBN:
- 0718514505
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:8334
- Deposit date:
- 2014-04-23
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- Copyright holder:
- Geissler, Catherine and Oddy, Derek J and other contributors
- Copyright date:
- 1993
- Notes:
- The full text of this book chapter is not available in ORA.
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