Wairau Bar Moa Hunter

Description

The discovery of the ancient Moa-hunter burial sites at Wairau Bar in 1939 provided a new benchmark for archaeologists, ethnologists and anthropologists seeking to understand whose were the first footprints on New Zealand shores. This is the autobiography of the man who found those burial sites as a 13 year old boy and spent the rest of his life exploring and discovering what lies under the soil. Descended from Tory Channel whaler Jimmy Jackson, Jim Eyles was brought up at Wairau Bar. He worked for the Canterbury Museum and was director of the Nelson Museum and the West Coast Museum. This book includes farming, fishing, whaling, goldmining and family history, illustrated with historic photos from private albums.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9780958277907
• Publisher : River Press
• Imprint : River Press
• Dimensions : 240x160mm
• Produced in : New Zealand
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : photos
• Pages : 256
• Dewey classification : 930.1092
• Edition : illustrated edition
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : James R Eyles, OBE