High-precision dating and ancient DNA profiling of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) eggshell documents a complex feature at Wairau Bar and refines the chronology of New Zealand settlement by Polynesians

2014/06/04 by Chris Jacomb, Richard N. Holdaway, Morten E. Allentoft +4 · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.05.023

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Citations

• INTCAL98 Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 24,000–0 cal BP

Cited by

• Tectonic activity and the history of Wairau Bar, New Zealand’s iconic site of early settlement
• Mass Migration and the Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand
• An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa
• Archaeology of New Zealand [wikipedia]
• History of New Zealand [wikipedia]
• Māori history [wikipedia]