The Archaeology of Difference
The Archaeology of Difference

Author: Anne Clarke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 113482842X

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The Archaeology of Difference presents a new and radically different perspective on the archaeology of cross-cultural contact and engagement. The authors move away from acculturation or domination and resistance and concentrate on interaction and negotiation by using a wide variety of case studies which take a crucially indigenous rather than colonial standpoint.

Waihou Journeys
Waihou Journeys

Author: Caroline Phillips

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1775582345

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Drawing on archaeology, Maori oral history, European accounts, this is a fascinating study of cultural change and development by Maori in a single region of New Zealand.

New Zealand Lizards
New Zealand Lizards

Author: David G. Chapple

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-05

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 331941674X

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This edited volume is a timely and comprehensive summary of the New Zealand lizard fauna. Nestled in the south-west Pacific, New Zealand is a large archipelago that displays the faunal signatures of both its Gondwanan origins, and more recent oceanic island influences. New Zealand was one of the last countries on Earth to be discovered, and likewise, the full extent of the faunal diversity present within the archipelago is only just starting to be appreciated. This is no better exemplified than in lizards, where just 30 species (20 skinks, 10 geckos) were recognized in the 1950s, but now 104 are formally or informally recognized (61 skinks, 43 geckos). Thus, New Zealand contains one of the most diverse lizard faunas of any cool, temperate region on Earth. This book brings together the world’s leading experts in the field to produce an authoritative overview of the history, taxonomy, biogeography, ecology, life-history, physiology and conservation of New Zealand lizards.