![]() ![]() Special attention is given to the functional attributes of the rotating hook, so common throughout Oceania. The technology and material culture associated with these prehistoric catches are described, tracing the knowledge of cordage and knots, netting and fish hooks, canoe design, fish preservation and cooking methods. Together these make up 85% of all fishes caught in prehistoric times. These are: barracouta, Thyrsites atun (Gempylidae) blue cod, Parapercis colias (Mugiloididae) snapper, Pagrus auratus (Sparidae) wrasses (Labridae) red cod, Pseudophycis bachus (Moridae) and greenbone, Odax pullus (Odacidae). Although about 750 species are present in New Zealand waters, only about 35 occur in prehistoric catches, and of these only 6 occur with abundances over 7%. A database in the Museum of New Zealand contains information on fish remains from 126 archaeological sites covering all regions and periods in New Zealand (total MNI=40,400). ![]() This is followed by a description of the New Zealand fishery, and the species which were caught by prehistoric Ma¯ori. It begins with preliminary sections describing the tropical Pacific background to New Zealand archaeology, and the methodologies which are used in New Zealand relating to fishing and the analysis of fish remains. ![]() This paper reviews the current state of knowledge of the archaeozoology of fishing in prehistoric New Zealand. By the time these people had settled the far flung islands of the Pacific and reached New Zealand they possessed advanced fishing technology and deep knowledge of fish habits and ecology. ![]() They were the descendants of people with a long maritime tradition, who took their first steps into the Oceanic world east of New Guinea some 35,000 years ago. ABSTRACT: New Zealand was first discovered less than one thousand years ago by people from Eastern Polynesia, who were ancestors of the present New Zealand Ma¯ori. ![]()
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