Reprinted from The Records of the Canterbury Museum, Vol. VII, No. IV, pp 303-326, 15th August, 1961. " The Waitara swamp search, represents the first large scale controlled excavation of an artefact-bearing swamp. It has reveled swamps as bona fide archaeological sites of great potential, from the general conclusion that wamps adjacent to centres of pre-historic settlement served as repositories for the curing and seasoning of wooden artefacts on a large and regular scale....The Waitara district, in which the project was carried out in January-February 1960, has proved unique...for the nu... View More...
"...the first volume in the Flora of New Zealand series to be concerned with cryptogams. Although primarily an identification manual for serious lichenologists, the present flora contains much information useful to the general botanist, student, and interested amateur." 662 pages with index. Color figures. DJ is VG- with creasing and chipping to top edge of jacket, wear to cover faces, small tears to corners. Blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Cover corners are bumped, top spine edge is bent and creased. Maps on endpapers. Interior is tight, clean. Book in VG+ condition. View More...
