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Strategies for obtaining obsidian in pre-European contact era New Zealand

Strategies for obtaining obsidian in pre-European contact era New Zealand

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_nlnz_indexnz_999009926102837

Strategies for obtaining obsidian in pre-European contact era New Zealand

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Strategies for obtaining obsidian in pre-European contact era New Zealand

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PloS one, 2014-01, Vol.9 (1), p.1-13

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English

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Uses collections of obsidian artefacts that date to a period of endemic warfare among Maori during New Zealand’s Late Period (1500–1769 A.D.) to determine what strategies people engaged in to obtain obsidian, namely (1) collecting raw material directly from a natural source (Helena Bay), (2) informal trade and exchange, and (3) formal trade and exc...

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Strategies for obtaining obsidian in pre-European contact era New Zealand

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TN_cdi_nlnz_indexnz_999009926102837

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_nlnz_indexnz_999009926102837

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

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