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pa. The Maori term for a fortified village. Excavated examples, mostly in the North Island of New Zealand, are of Classic Maori date. Most are defended by ditch-bank combinations or scarped terraces (Kauri Point, Otakanini, Tirimoana), but some were built up from swamps or lake beds and defended by multiple rows of palisades (Lake Mangakaware, Lake Ngaroto).
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© 1983 Ruth D. Whitehouse
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Whitehouse, R.D. (1983). P. In: Whitehouse, R.D. (eds) Macmillan Dictionary of Archaeology. Dictionary Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07589-8_16
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