Waihou Journeys [electronic resource] : The Archaeology of 400 Years of Maori Settlement.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Caroline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--New Zealand--Hauraki Plains.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Hauraki Plains (N.Z.)--Antiquities.

Hauraki Plains (N.Z.).

Māori (New Zealand people)--New Zealand--Hauraki Plains--Antiquities.

Māori (New Zealand people).

Māori (New Zealand people)--New Zealand--Hauraki Plains--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland : Auckland University Press, 2013.

Summary:

As the Waihou river wends its way across the Hauraki Plains to the Firth of Thames it passes through an immensely rich archaeological landscape. This land was the birthplace of many of New Zealand models of Maori culture history, ideas that now date back 40 years and that have scarcely been questioned since. Waihou Journeys is an investigation of the Hauraki Plains that sheds light on the fundamental assumptions of New Zealand archaeology. Using a ‘landscape' approach it draws together Maori oral history, European accounts, environmental reconstruction and archaeological excavation and analysis to build up a picture of Maori social and cultural change over 400 years. While the focus of the study is a particular geographical location, its comprehensive treatment makes it a radical and refreshing approach of interest to a variety of readers.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Previous Waihou Research

This Research

CHAPTER 2: THE PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE

Geology

Soils

Climate

Natural Plant and Animal Life

The River

Environmental Changes -Pre-Contact Maori

Environmental Changes -European

Discussion

Summary

CHAPTER 3: SITE LOCATION

Archaeological Surveys

Site Analysis

CHAPTER 4: MAORI HISTORICAL RECORDS

Land Court Records

CHAPTER 5: EUROPEAN RECORDS

Detailed Accounts

CHAPTER 6: EXCAVATED SITES

The Sites

CHAPTER 7: HISTORICAL NARRATIVE AND CRITICAL ISSUES

Waihou Historical Narrative

The Issues Revisited

Conclusion

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Binomials of Biota Referred to in Text

Appendix 2: List of Flatland Sites Examined

Appendix 3: Dates

NOTES

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-86940-688-5

OCLC:

863821904