Revisiting the ‘Neolithic Problem’ in Australia

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 7 years ago

ABSTRACT – The more we learn about varieties of subsistence, the less clear defi nitions of ‘agriculture’ become, and the harder it is to see the Australian and New Guinean data as falling into separate classes. Some Australian data, if found in New Guinea, would label those societies as agricultural. I suggest two avenues, residue analysis and historical research, along which research in this matter might usefully continue.