Kuk Early Agricultural Site
- Date of account
- plant management by the early Holocene; agricultural features later
- Location
- Western Highlands
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Kuk is a wetland archaeological site associated with ancient drainage ditches, planting surfaces, and evidence relevant to plant management in the highlands of New Guinea. It is frequently discussed in histories of independent agricultural development and the domestication or cultivation of taro, bananas, and other crops. The site is valuable for comparing food production systems outside the major Old World centers. Researchers distinguish between early plant exploitation, cultivation, and fully developed agriculture, because the evidence and dates do not support one simple evolutionary sequence.
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