ANCIENT OCCUPIED SITES OF THE PARAPARAUMU DISTRICT Journal Paper
- Author
- PETER BECKETT
- Year
- 1957
- Journal / Source
- The Journal of the Polynesian Society
- Volume
- 66
- Number
- 4
- Month
- December
- Pages
- 357-364
- Keywords
- archaeology, polynesia, coastal plain, Paraparaumu
- Summary
- The shore has a wide strand of fine sand, backed by a belt of new coastal dunes, behind which a low plain of fixed dunes and swamp extends to the outlying foothills of the Tararua Range. This coastal plain is one mile wide at the southern end, expanding to over two miles …