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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.

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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.

Prodigious Birds Moas and MoaHunting in Prehistoric New Zealand Moas and Moahunting in New Zealand

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/30/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521543965, 978-0521543965
      ISBN10: 0521543967

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      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.

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