Evidence of agriculture being carried on in New Zealand much earlier than has generally been thought. This picture shows stone lines at a Moa hunters’ site in Marlborough. The site shows evidence of people working the land 750 years ago. A valuable sample of the work being carried out by New Zealand archaeologists is included in “The First Thousand Years; Regional Perspectives in New Zealand Archaeology" reviewed today.
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Press, 7 August 1982, Page 16
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68Evidence of agriculture being carried on in New Zealand much earlier than has generally been thought. This picture shows stone lines at a Moa hunters’ site in Marlborough. The site shows evidence of people working the land 750 years ago. A valuable sample of the work being carried out by New Zealand archaeologists is included in “The First Thousand Years; Regional Perspectives in New Zealand Archaeology" reviewed today. Press, 7 August 1982, Page 16
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