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Polynesian Deforestation of New Zealand: A Preliminary Synthesis
Author(s) -
McGlone M. S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/arco.1983.18.1.11
Subject(s) - deforestation (computer science) , nothing , archaeology , geography , immigration , history , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , programming language
In olden times our islands were covered with forest growth; the only open spaces were sterile places whereon nothing would grow. When Kupe and other early immigrants arrived here they lit fires at all places whereat they landed, and so much forest was destroyed, also the moa perished in those fires. Maori tradition related to Best (1942:2).