Contents

Contents : introduction / digging up the past (The Fyffe Site and Modern Archaeology) -- 1. Origin of the Maoris (the polynesians -- island of origin -- navigation) -- 2. The first immigrants / from moa hunters to classic maori (a new land -- early settlement and shelter -- early stone tool technology -- rock art -- personal ornaments of the early period -- Man, moa and forest : prehistoric overkill -- Kuri and Kiore -- horticulture and plant foods -- hunting and fishing -- food preparation -- canoes and watercraft -- clothing and textiles -- village and pa -- weapons and warfare -- classic arts - greenstone -- the people : physiology and health -- disposal of the dead) -- 3. The European Period (the first europeans -- sealers and whalers -- traders and missionaries -- John Wilson -- The First Gaol : archaeology in the Central business district of Auckland -- Simon Best -- Shipwrecks : the problems of marine archaeology -- Mike Bradstock -- Fortifications of the New Zealand Wars -- Nigel Prickett -- The first industries -- Geoffrey Thornton -- ‘Johnny come Lately’ : Chinese miners on the Central Otage Goldfields -- Neville Ritchie -- The Kauri Driving Dams -- Jack Diamond and Bruce Hayward) -- further reading -- index.