Papuan farmers and foragers
Papuan farmers and foragers appears on the timeline as a people or culture of New Guinea and Melanesia (Oceania) from c. 3200 BCE to the present, a span of more than 5,225 years. Its people spoke Papuan languages (Trans-New Guinea and other Papuan families).
Descendants of people who reached New Guinea about 50,000 years ago speak hundreds of Papuan languages. Highland farmers grew taro, bananas and later sweet potato in densely settled valleys that outsiders did not see until the 1930s.
See Papuan farmers and foragers on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 3200 BCE to the present
- Duration
- more than 5,225 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- New Guinea and Melanesia, Oceania
- Language family
- Papuan
Events in Oceania during its time
- Seafarers settle the Marianas
- Dingoes reach Australia
- Lapita voyagers settle Vanuatu and Fiji
- First settlers reach Tonga
- Polynesians settle East Polynesia
- Building of Nan Madol
- Polynesians reach New Zealand
- Duyfken lands in Australia
Neighbours in Oceania
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Tu'i Tonga Empire
- Saudeleur dynasty
- New Zealand
- Colony of New South Wales
- Kingdom of Hawaii
- Colony of New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- German New Guinea
- Spanish Marianas
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Minoan civilization
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
Questions
When did Papuan farmers and foragers exist?
c. 3200 BCE to the present, about more than 5,225 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Papuan farmers and foragers?
New Guinea and Melanesia, in Oceania.
What language did Papuan farmers and foragers speak?
Papuan. This family includes Trans-New Guinea and other Papuan families.