The Prehistory of New Zealand

Published by Longman Paul Ltd, Auckland, NZ, 1984, 270 pages. Hardback with DW. Some creasing and fading to the DW. Previous owner name inside. Some markings throughout.

'The Prehistory of New Zealand' presents an authoritative review of what is known about life in New Zealand before the coming of the European. No previous work has provided such a broad coverage of this important subject, ranging from teh origins fo the ancestors of the Maori people to the development of eighteenth-century Maori art. There are sections on the natural environment of prehistoric New Zealanders; their health, artefacts, economic patterns, settlements , and the rise of warfare.

'The Prehistory of New Zealand' brings together, in an easily accessible form, information previously available only in specialist publications. It will be welcomed by students of New Zealand history and archaeology, and the interested general reader.