Ref ID:	29523
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Addison, David J.
Title:	The changing role of irrigated <i>Colocasia esculenta</i> (taro) on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands: from an essential element of colonization to an important risk-reduction strategy
Date:	2008
Source:	Asian Perspectives (2008)
Notes:	From special issue of <i>Asian Perspectives</i> 47(1): Maritime Migration and Colonization in Indo-Pacific Prehistory
Abstract:	This paper proposes that, on the Marquesan island of Nuku Hiva, wet cultivation of <i>Colocasia</i> taro was important in initial colonization because it was the most energyefficient and fastest-producing crop. In later periods its caloric contribution was eclipsed by breadfruit, but irrigated taro played an important risk-reduction role.
Date Created:	4/14/2008
Volume:	47
Number:	1
Page Start:	139
Page End:	155