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Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay - National Museum of New Zealand Bulletin 21, 1979 - Leach, B. Foss and Helen M. (editors)

Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay - National Museum of New Zealand Bulletin 21, 1979

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Leach, B. Foss and Helen M. (editors)
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Published by Museum of New Zealand Te PapaTongarewa. Originally published 1979. This edition is a 2020 reprint.

14 papers by 9 authors, the results of a pioneering, multifaceted, archaeological research programme carried out between 1969 and 1972 in the south-eastern coastal part of the North Island of New Zealand. The volume reviews archaeological evidence from the time of first settlement from Polynesia through to the 19th century. More than 25 excavations were carried out, focussing on midden sites, house areas, kumara storage pits and prehistoric gardens. Laboratory analysis of middens revealed details of the history of fishing, birding and sea mammal hunting. Artefacts of stone, bone and shell are described in the volume, and analysis of land snails provides evidence for environmental change during the period of occupation. Analysis of human bone samples provided detailed medical histories of the people who lived in the region. Two concluding chapters consider the significance of the evidence for early horticulture in Palliser Bay and the nature of prehistoric communities in the area...

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Second hand Trade Paperback
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9780995138414
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SKU
14693

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