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- 1974 - 1988 (Creation)
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2 type 1 boxes, 1 type 10 box
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Biographical history
Philip Hughes worked full time as the Kuk project’s geoarchaeologist from 1974 to 1977 while at ANU. From 1985–1991, while at University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG), working with colleagues and students, he undertook research into soil erosion and catchment and swamp hydrology at Kuk aimed at further understanding the site’s geoarchaeology and human impact on soil erosion in the catchment from the late Pleistocene to the present.
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Papers relating to fieldwork and research at Kuk.
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Researchers must sign an access agreement.
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Related units of description
ANUA 720, ANUA 494
Collected physical objects are held in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology collection and the Archaeology and Natural History collection at ANU.
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Created by C. Ziegler 12 October 2020.