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
Best, Elsdon
1856-1931
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Wellington, N.Z
Te Papa Press
2005
monographic
eng
xv, 459 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
by Elsdon Best.
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.
Also available in an electronic ed.
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Fortification
New Zealand
Architecture, Māori
Māori (New Zealand people)
Warfare
Tūmatauenga
Pā tūwatawata
Hangarau
Kōrero nehe
Hoahoanga whare
Pā
Pakanga
DU423.W35 B47 2005
623.108999442
Pa Maori
Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931.
Wellington, N.Z. : Te Papa Press, 2005
(OCoLC)607791815
Pa Maori
Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931.
Wellington, N.Z. : Te Papa Press, 2005
(OCoLC)608132522
Bulletin (Dominion Museum (N.Z.) ; no. 6
1877385085 (paperback)
9781877385087 (paperback)
2005472996
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