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Archaeology: Māori Archaeology

Māori Archaeology Databases

Atlas of plant material and fibres from New Zealand and the Pacific (from the Otago University Archaeology Programme) 

Contents

  • coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)
  • harakeke (New Zealand flax, swamp flax, Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.)
  • houhere (lacebark, Hoheria populnea A.Cunn.)
  • kāretu (Hierochloe redolens (Vahl) Roem. et Schult.)
  • kiekie (Freycinetia baueriana Endl.)
  • kuta (bamboo spike sedge, Eleocharis sphacelata R.Br.)
  • neinei (Dracophyllum elegantissimum S.Venter) (mountain neinei, pineapple tree, Dracophyllum traversii Hook.f.)
  • nīkau (Rhopalostylis sapida H.Wendl. & Drude)
  • pandanus (screw pine, Pandanus L.f.)
  • kāpūngāwhā (lake clubrush, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel) Palla)
  • pīngao (golden sand sedge, Desmoschoenus spiralis (A.Rich.) Hook.f.)
  • raupō (bulrush, Typha orientalis C.Presl)
  • tikumu (silvery cotton plant, Celmisia semicordata Petrie)
  • tī kōuka (cabbage tree, Cordyline australis (Forst.f.) Endl.)
  • tī ngahere (forest cabbage tree, Cordyline banksii Hook.f.)
  • tōī (mountain cabbage tree, Cordyline indivisa (Forst.f.) Steud.)
  • wharariki (New Zealand flax, mountain flax, Phormium cookianum Le Jol.)
  •  (silver tussock, Poa cita Edgar )

Aotearoa's Archaeological Past

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