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Maori rock drawings : a stylistic analysis of drawings in North Otago and South Canterbury.
This thesis is primarily based on a study of North Otago and South Canterbury rock drawings and has, as its main objective, an analysis· of stylistic variation between these areas. Following a review of previous research ...
Moa and moa hunting : an archaeological analysis of big game hunting in New Zealand
This study is an archaeological examination of the prehistoric hunting of moa, a family (Dinornithidae) of now extinct large flightless birds that inhabited New Zealand. The analysis employs a detailed butchering pattern ...
No woman's land : marginality, liminality and non-traditional women in New Zealand : decade between early 1970 - early 1980
Are non-traditional women marginal to their society? This study purports to examine correlations between theories of liminality and marginality and the small group process within the New Zealand Women's Liberation Movement. ...
Pelvic dimensions : an account of studies of the pelvis 1885-1988
This thesis is an historical/analytical account of the ways in which the pelvis has been studied. The starting point is Turner's 1885 study in which the pelvis was used as a 'thing' to demonstrate racial progressionism. ...
The physical analysis of Pacific pottery
Most pottery studies in the Pacific to date have been concerned with typol9gical characteristics,
particularly decorative features. Although this work has been very successful at revealing historical
relationships between ...
Colour as a symbol in New Zealand prehistory
This thesis explores a new method for looking at the symbolic importance of prehistoric material
culture by investigating a non functional attribute. The attribute selected is the colour red and· its relevance to the study ...
The exploitation of Mayor Island obsidian in prehistoric New Zealand
Obsidian in New Zealand was exploited from a variety of sources, and has been found in the majority of New Zealand archaeological sites. The presence of obsidian from the Mayor Island sources in most sites has been noted ...
Polynesian pudding processes in west and east Polynesia : an ethnographic, linguistic and archaeological synthesis to study the antiquity of elaborate culinary concoctions in Polynesia
Food preparations, culinary-related Proto-Polynesian and Proto-Nuclear-Polynesian words and material culture associated with cookery processes from West and East Polynesia provided the data
base. This study looks at the ...