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Maori Hill-Forts

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ID3408107
AuthorsRaymond Firth (corresponding author)
Year1927
Volume1
Issue1
Pages66-78
Publication date1927-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00000077
OpenAlexW2210135107
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited2

Many a wanderer through the country districts of New Zealand has found interest in the sight of the monumental earthworks which crown so many of our hills. There is something grand and yet pathetic about these old fortresses. Once the scene of turmoil and activity, they now lie neglected and still beneath the sky, clothed in bush, or scrub, or fern, or grass-grown and dotted with sheep. Their day is over, the Maori long since has ceased to swarm on their slopes and man their palisades; they are but a memory of the warring and the peacemaking, the fighting and the feasting of the eventful past.In this paper it is my object to give a brief account of the general features of their construction and of their importance in Maori life

Ancient history · Archaeology · Crown (dentistry) · Geography · Object (grammar) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · New Zealand Economic and Social Studies · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy

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Citations per year0.15
Citation span1972 - 2026 (55)
Highly citedNo

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