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The pā Māori : an account of the fortified villages of the Māori in the pre-European and modern times : illustrating methods of defence by means of ramparts, fosses, scarps and stockades / by Elsdon Best.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextSeries: Bulletin (Dominion Museum (N.Z.) ; no. 6.Kaiwhakaputa:Wellington, N.Z. : Te Papa Press, 2005.Whakaahuatanga: xv, 459 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1877385085 (paperback)
  • 9781877385087 (paperback)
Ngā marau: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Pa Maori.; Online version:: Pa Maori.DDC classification:
  • 623.108999442 22
LOC classification:
  • DU423.W35 B47 2005
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in an electronic ed.
Contents:
Introductory remarks -- Description of the pā Māori or fortified village -- Methods of construction, attack and defence, protective talismans and ceremonial opening of a new fortified village -- Detailed description of old fortified villages -- The modern pā Māori, illustrating changes made by the Māori in his defensive works after the introduction of firearms -- Fortified villages of Polynesia, Melanesia etc.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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Originally published: Wellington, N.Z. : Board of Māori Ethnological Research for the Dominion Museum, 1927. (Dominion Museum bulletin ; no. 6).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 440-444) and index.

Introductory remarks -- Description of the pā Māori or fortified village -- Methods of construction, attack and defence, protective talismans and ceremonial opening of a new fortified village -- Detailed description of old fortified villages -- The modern pā Māori, illustrating changes made by the Māori in his defensive works after the introduction of firearms -- Fortified villages of Polynesia, Melanesia etc.

Also available in an electronic ed.

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