Pre-European catches of Barracouta, Thyrsites atun, at Long Beach and Shag River Mouth, Otago, New Zealand

Archaeofauna

Volumn 8, Issue , 1999, Pages 11-30

  Leach, Foss ^a   Davidson, Janet ^a   Fraser, Karen ^a   Anderson, Atholl ^b  

^a MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Archaeozoology; Barracouta; Fish; New Zealand; Thyrsites atun

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002448442     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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