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Hostile shores :
catastrophic events in prehistoric New Zealand and their impact on Maori coastal communities /

McFadgen, B. G.

Hostile shores : catastrophic events in prehistoric New Zealand and their impact on Maori coastal communities / Bruce McFadgen. - Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2007. - xiii, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-289) and index.

A Precarious Place to Live -- New Zealand's Tectonic Setting -- Dating Catastrophic Events by Radiocarbon -- Dating Catastrophic Events -- Archaeological Sites: the Physical Remains -- Archaeological Sites: Geographic Distribution and Chronology -- Tectonic and Volcanic Processes in an Archaeological Setting -- Impact of Tectonic and Volcanic Events on Archaeological Remains: North Island -- Impact of Tectonic Events on Archaeological Remains: South Island -- Waves of Destruction. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Disasters: Earthquakes -- Sand dune advance -- Tsunamis-- Volcanoes. Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Polynesian settlers of New Zealand arrived to a land prone to violent geological disruption by large earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. In Hostile Shores, Bruce McFadgen has written a study of the effects of these catastrophic events on the New Zealand coastal landscape and its people from the time of first Polynesian settlement until European contact in the eighteenth century. Evidence from the disciplines of anthropology, archaeology, demography, geology, history, volcanology and Maori oral tradition combine to offer a unique analysis. In particular, McFadgen describes how the 'big crunch' of the fifteenth century, with its increased tsunami activity, was hugely detrimental to coastal communities and precipitated a crisis that led to cultural change and warfare. Hostile Shores will be interesting reading for coastal planners, local authorities, surveyors and engineers, anthropologists, archaeologists - and anyone living within 300 metres of the shoreline of New Zealand."--Back cover.

9781869403904 (pbk.)

2007534353


Indigenous peoples--Ecology--New Zealand.
Human beings--Effect of environment on--New Zealand.
Natural disasters--History.--New Zealand
Maori (New Zealand people)--History.
Tangata whenua.
Kōrero nehe
Tāngata whenua
Archaeology--New Zealand.
Shorelines--History.--New Zealand
Earthquakes--History.--New Zealand
Tsunamis--History.--New Zealand
Coasts--History.--New Zealand
Korero nehe.


New Zealand--History.

GF805.N45 / M34 2007

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