Prodigious Birds : Moas and Moa-Hunting in New Zealand
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This is the first book to survey the entire field of moa-related research, equaling some 150 years of inquiry. This large, flightless bird was hunted into extinction by the Maori tribes of New Zealand before the arrival of Europeans. Atholl Anderson brings a historical perspective to the development of moa research and its formative debates, analytical methods, and results, reviewing evidence from paleontology, biology, archaeology, ethnography, and history. The book is extensively illustrated with informative plates, maps, diagrams, and photographs.
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Book Description
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.
Prodigious Birds: Moas and Moa-Hunting in New Zealand,Atholl Anderson,Cambridge University Press,0521543967,Archaeology,Archaeology / Anthropology,Birds & Birdwatching - General,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Australasian & Pacific archaeology,New Zealand,Social Science / Archaeology
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