Prodigious Birds

Moas and Moa-Hunting in New Zealand

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Prodigious Birds brings together the entire field of moa-related research, some 150 years of enquiry. The moa was a large flightless bird, hunted into extinction by the Maori tribes of New Zealand before the arrival of Europeans. Atholl Anderson brings an historical perspective to the development of moa research and its formative debates, analytical methods and results, reviewing evidence from palaeontology, biology, archaeology, ethnography and history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-10-30
Mått:210 x 279 x 14 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521543965

Utforska kategorier

Arkeologiska perioder och områden inom Historia och arkeologi

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Discovery and Biology of Moas: 2. Discovery; 3. Systematics; 4. Origins and development; 5. Morphology and behaviour; 6. Maori traditions; Part II. Moa-Hunting, Processing and Extinction: 7. The Moa-hunter debate; 8. North Island sites; 9. South Island coastal sites; 10. South Island island sites; 11. Hunting strategies; 12. Processing technology; 13. Chronology and extinction; 14. Conclusions; Index.