created Archaeology of the Wellington Conservancy: Kapiti-Horowhenua
on Feb 8th, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Archaeology of the Wellington Conservancy: Kapiti-Horowhenua
url: http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/kapitiarch.pdf
Archaeology of the Wellington Conservancy: Kapiti-Horowhenua; A prehistoric and palaeoenvironmental study.
by Bruce McFadgen
Published by Department of Conservation, November 1997
NB This link takes you to the first of three PDF files comprising this publication - there is a button to click on to take you to the next section.
This report contains interesting material relating to the Kapiti-Horowhenua region of the southern dune belt. It:
"describes the pre-European Maori archaeology of the Kapiti-Horowhenua region of the Wellington Conservancy."
It contains references to Lake Horowhenua, Lake Papaitonga and Lake Waitawa, the Manawatu River, Ohau River, Waikawa River, Waitohu Stream, and the Otaki River. As well as the locations of Moa bones in the inland middens west of Lake Horowhenua ... and early settlement of the area.
