ABSTRACT New Guinea was host to some of the most complex maritime interaction networks in the tropics. We take a multi-proxy approach to investigate the foodways at the heart of the extensive Madang exchange network in the last millennium before the present: 1) invertebrate zooarchaeological analysis identifies the dependence on shellfish collecting from the coral reef and sandy floor littoral zone; 2) examination of vertebrate remains demonstrates the rearing and consumption of key domesticated animals (pigs and perhaps dogs), alongside reef fish, birds, and possibly snakes; 3) human dental calculus analysis distinguishes that marine plants, palm, betelnut, and probably banana were consumed; 4) pottery residue analysis suggests that a variety of starchy crops were being cooked in locally made ceramics. We use this information to develop interpretations about the nature of land-use, mobility, and exchange along New Guinea’s coastal fringe, as well as how foodways have transformed throughout the Late Holocene.

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新几内亚东北沿海的热带食物通道和交换

摘要新几内亚拥有热带地区一些最复杂的海上互动网络。在目前的最后一个千年中，我们采用了多种代理方法来研究广泛的Madang交换网络中心的食道：1）无脊椎动物的动物考古学分析确定了对从珊瑚礁和沙质沿海地带采集的贝类的依赖；2）对脊椎动物遗骸的检查表明，主要的驯养动物（猪或狗）以及礁鱼，鸟类和蛇类的饲养和食用；3）人类牙结石分析表明食用了海洋植物，棕榈，槟榔和香蕉。4）陶器残渣分析表明，各种淀粉类农作物都使用当地制造的陶瓷进行烹饪。