@article{fdi:010048313, title = {{C}ontiguous multi-proxy analyses ({X}-{R}adiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) of {H}olocene archaeological features at {K}uk {S}wamp, {U}pper {W}ahgi {V}alley, {P}apua {N}ew {G}uinea}, author = {{D}enham, {T}. and {S}niderman, {K}. and {S}aunders, {K}. {M}. and {W}insborough, {B}. and {P}ierret, {A}lain}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{C}ontiguous multi-proxy analyses ({X}-radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) have been conducted oil the fills of early, mid-, and mid-late {H}olocene features at, {K}uk {S}wamp, {U}pper {W}ahgi {V}alley, {P}apua {N}ew {G}uinea. {T}he 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 {BY}). {T}he analyses are designed to clarify uncertainties regarding the reliability and association of different, samples within feature fills for the interpretation of human activities oil the wetland in the past. {M}ethodologically, 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. {S}ubstantively, the results provide higher resolution interpretations of paleoenvironments past human activities on the wetland margin.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{G}eoarchaeology}, volume = {24}, numero = {6}, pages = {715--742}, ISSN = {0883-6353}, year = {2009}, DOI = {10.1002/gea.20283}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048313}, }