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

Wairau Bar, New Zealand, is one of the few prehistoric sites in the world that could lay claim to being a site of first human intrusion into a pristine environment. It is certainly one of the best places to study human impact on a hitherto unoccupied land. Its potential status as a colonization phas...

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Main Authors: Jacomb, C., Holdaway, R., Allentoft, M., Bunce, Michael, Oskam, C., Walter, R., Brooks, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Academic Press 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32640