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Kuk Early Agricultural Site

c. 8000-4000 BCE · Papua New Guinea

Wetland archaeology records plant management and increasingly organized cultivation in the New Guinea highlands.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Kuk Early Agricultural Site, c. 8000-4000 BCE. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event.

How the setting appeared

Highland wetland plots developed from small clearings and mounds into networks of drainage ditches.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-KUKCIT-CORE035-KUK-ANU Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Communities combined cultivation with gathering, hunting and exchange across varied highland environments.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-KUKCIT-CORE035-KUK-ANU Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Wooden tools, drainage, mounding and plant knowledge transformed wet ground into productive gardens.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-KUKCIT-CORE035-KUK-ANU Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Specific ritual practice cannot be reconstructed from drainage features alone.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-KUKCIT-CORE035-KUK-ANU Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-KUKCIT-CORE035-KUK-ANU Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-KUK

Kuk Early Agricultural Site: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/887/

whc.unesco.org

CIT-CORE035-KUK-ANU

Reading Early Agriculture at Kuk Swamp

https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/items/a2124be7-fb53-4210-b1fd-1d5fea09a9ba/full

Australian National University Open Research Repository

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