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Subsistence Economy

TABLE 3 : MARINE MAMMALS AND OTHER SPECIES IN SITES

EARLY SITES

Kuri (dog)

kiore

fur seal

sea lion

elephant seal

leopard seal

seal unident

cetacean

other

Sunde, Motutapu Island – pre-ash layer	P	P	P					tuatara
Sunde, Motutapu Island – post-ash layer		P	P				P
Harataonga Western	P		P
Ponui Island	P		P
Port Jackson	P		P P	P			P	tuatara
Cross Creek	P	P	P P	P		P	P
Sarah's Gully	P		P	P			P	tuatara
Skippers Ridge	P			P				tuatara
Opito – N40/3	P		P	P			P	tuatara
Hahei – N44/215	P
Hahei – N44/97
Hot Water Beach	P	P	P					tuatara
Tairua	P		P P	P			P
Slipper Island	P	P	P					lizard
Whitipirorua	P		P P				P
Whangamata	P		P
Whiritoa	P		P		P	P
LATER SITES
Kauri Pt Birkenhead	P
Motutapu – R10/38
Motutapu – R10/31	P
Tamaki – Fisher Rd
Tamaki – Westfield	P	P
Tamaki – ACI	P
Tamaki– Hamlins Hill	P	P
Tamaki– Cryers Rd
Ponui Island – Galatea Bay	P
Kirikiri sites	P	P
Puriri sites
Oruarangi	P
Raupa	P	P					P	pig
Waiwhau	P							pig
Opita		P						pig, sheep, cow

P = present

Fishhooks made from whalebone are found in several early sites, and later sites in the Waihou area have patu and other large objects made from whalebone. At Oruarangi a number of bone hair combs have been fashioned from dolphin or pilot whale jaw bones. Undoubtedly the bone attributed to large whales came from fortuitous strandings but dolphins and possibly pilot whales may have been hunted for food and for their bones.

Dogs, rats and reptiles

Dog (kuri) bones have been found in many sites. Usually there are the remains of only one dog but at Whangamata Wharf site there were 17 from one occupation, 19 at Sarah's Gully from several occupations and N40/3 at Opito had 19 from one occupation (Smith