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Vastly Ingenious
Foss Leach
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Description for Vastly Ingenious
Hardcover. Editor(s): Anderson, Atholl; Green, Kaye; Leach, Foss. Num Pages: 319 pages, b/w photos, drawings & maps. BIC Classification: 1MKP; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Reflecting in 1769 on the manners and customs of the South Sea islands, Joseph Banks remarked that 'in every expedient for taking fish they are vastly ingenious.' Hence the title of this book on Pacific material culture, past and present, with broad themes of origins, the movement of peoples and the development of their technologies.
Reflecting in 1769 on the manners and customs of the South Sea islands, Joseph Banks remarked that 'in every expedient for taking fish they are vastly ingenious.' Hence the title of this book on Pacific material culture, past and present, with broad themes of origins, the movement of peoples and the development of their technologies.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
, New Zealand
ISBN
9781877372452
SKU
V9781877372452
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99-2
About Foss Leach
Foss Leach CNZM is a New Zealand prehistorian. A strong advocate of collaborative cross-disciplinary research in archaeological science, he has published more than 100 scientific papers and books. He has contributed scholarly evidence to the Waitangi Tribunal for both the Crown and Māori claimants for hearings of Ngāi Tahu, Muriwhenua, Te Rorora and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa. He has carried ... Read more
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