Research Catalog

Title

The Prehistory of New Zealand / Janet Davidson.

Author

Davidson, Janet M.

Publication

Auckland, N.Z. : Longman Paul, 1984.

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Holdings

Details

Description

iv, 270 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Subject

• Prehistoric peoples > New Zealand
• Māori (New Zealand people) > Antiquities
• New Zealand > Antiquities

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 227-241.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Maori origins -- Land and climate -- People -- Material culture (Fishing gear, harpoons and spear points, bone implements, bone as a raw material, ornaments, tattooing, clothing, musical instruments, adzes, weapons, pounders and beaters, flake tools, slate knives, scrapers and other shell items, other stone artefacts, the use of pumice) -- Horticulture -- Domestic animals -- Hunting -- Cannibalism -- Fishing -- Social organisation -- Houses -- Latrines and rubbish dumps -- Fences -- Rituals and beliefs -- Conflict and communication -- Art.

ISBN

0582717930

LCCN

^^^85115292^

OCLC

• 12103496
• SCSB-12218990

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library