CONTENTS

FOREWORD   III

PREFACE   VII
INTRODUCTION   

1. SITE DISTRIBUTION   5

The data   6

Types of sites recorded   7

Pa   7
Middens   10

Storage pits   12
Terraces   13

Garden sites                              14

Artefact manufacturing places                        14

Other sites                              15

Burials   16

Pattern of settlement   16

Case study—Waihou River   17

2. CHRONOLOGY   18

3. SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY   23

Fish   23

Shellfish   26

Marine mammals   26
Dogs, rats and reptiles   27

Moa and other birds   31

Vegetable and forest foods   33

Summary   33

4. STONE RESOURCES AND MINERALS   23

Obsidian   35

Basalt   38
Greywacke   41

Chert   42

Other stone   42

Kokowai   43

Non-stone materials   43

5. HISTORIC ACCOUNTS   44