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Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
This is a groundbreaking book which explores the incidence and effects of catastrophic events - tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions - on Maori coastal communities in the pre- European period. It focuses in particular on a cluster of tsunamis in the late 1400s which had devastating effects from
This is a groundbreaking book which explores the incidence and effects of catastrophic events - tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions - on Maori coastal communities in the pre- European period. It focuses in particular on a cluster of tsunamis in the late 1400s which had devastating effects from Northland to Otago on population and cultural practices. Nga Ngaru Kaiwaka is the product of meticulous and rigorous research, drawing on archaeology, geology, demography and, most importantly, oral tradition; but it will be of considerable interest to the many readers who are fascinated by New Zealand's prehistory. First published September 2007. The cover blurb reads "Essential reading for anybody living within 300 metres of the New Zealand shoreline." Right on! – Bob Brockie, Dominion Post · Dr McFadgen is already renowned worldwide for his recalibration of the carbon-dating technique, but Hostile Shores . . . promotes him into the ranks of New Zealand's most visionary scientists and historians. – Bob Brockie, Dominion Post
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