Prodigious Birds
Moas and Moa-Hunting in New Zealand
£32.99
- Author: Atholl Anderson, University of Otago, New Zealand
- Date Published: October 2003
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521543965
£
32.99
Paperback
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
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.
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: October 2003
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521543965
- length: 260 pages
- dimensions: 279 x 210 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.59kg
- contains: 60 b/w illus. 20 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
Related Books
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×