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"The thirteenth apostle" : Bishop Selwyn and the transplantation of Anglicanism to New Zealand, 1841-1868
The process of transplanting metropolitan institutions to colonial societies has not been adequately studied by New Zealand historians. As a result, the transplanted Churches have been depicted as conservative imitations ...
The morphology of the pre-European Māori femur and its functional significance
The life of the pre-European Māori consisted of subsistence strategies ranging from hunter-gatherer to horticultural activities. The femur of both sexes is generally characterised by a flattened proximal shaft rotated ...
Peripheral lobular necrosis in hepatitis
Foreword: In recent years knowledge of the clinical and pathological features of hepatitis has so increased that the disease has now become the subject of reviews (e.g: Sodeman 1946, Editorial, Ann. Int. Med. 1946, Dible ...
Culture change in northern Te Wai Pounamu
In the northern South Island, the area northern Te Wai Pounamu (NTWP) is defined appropriate to a regional investigation of pre-European culture change. It is argued that the Māori sequence of this region is relevant to a ...
The breeding ecology of the South Island Fernbird in Otago wetlands
The fernbird is a small inconspicuous passerine with relatively poor flying capabilities. It is found occupying areas with a generally dense cover of low vegetation from sea level to over 1000 m elevation. With the drainage ...
Health in late prehistoric Thailand
The aim of this research was to provide a synthesis of the variations in health among prehistoric Thai communities, and to show that the health of these people was differentially affected by both their natural and cultural ...
The Derzhavin-L'vov circle
The Derzhavin-L'vov circle was the most productive literary society in eighteenth-century Russia. It consisted primarily of four members, four poets who were drawn together by friendship, family ties and shared interests: ...
Changing prehistoric Yapese pottery technology: a case study of adaptive transformation
This study describes the processes of cultural adaptation to environmental conditions through an examination of ceramic technology. The case study involved eight months fieldwork in the Yap Islands, Western Caroline Islands, ...