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Subsistence in Papua New Guinea

The Southern and Western Highlands

The materials presented here are a modified version of text that appeared in 2002 in Part II. Gardening: Comparisons from Three Highlands Areas (Duna, Pangia, and Hagen). In, Horticulture in Papua New Guinea: Case Studies from the Southern and Western Highlands. (Sillitoe, Stewart, and Strathern), Ethnology Monographs, No. 18, University of Pittsburgh, pp. 199-338.

The following links discuss gardening practices in three areas in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea:


Map of Major Groups in Papua New Guinea

Map of Locations of Major Groups in Papua New Guinea

(from the Strathern/Stewart Archive)


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