Pre-European Maori exploitation of marine resources in two New Zealand case study areas: Species range and temporal change

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-37

  Smith, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Coastal birds; Finfish; Human impacts; Maori prehistory; Marine mammals; Marine resources; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; EXPLOITATION; FINFISH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE RESOURCE; PREDATION; PREHISTORIC; SEABIRD; SHELLFISH; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84874096949     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2011.574709     Document Type: Article

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