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Kelly was a Maori amateur ethnologist with a strong interest in linking tradition and historical events to sites, and recording those sites. | Kelly was a Maori amateur ethnologist with a strong interest in linking tradition and historical events to sites, and recording those sites. | ||
| − | He authored a long | + | He authored a long series of articles in the Journal of the Polynesian Society mostly about particular pa. |
| − | His book Marion ''' | + | His book Marion '''Dufresne at the Bay of Islands''' (1951 A H and A W Reed, Wellington) strongly links archaeological sites to the historical narrative of that early European visit. |
| + | His other book: '''Tainui: The Story of Hoturoa and his Descendants''' (1949, Polynesian Society Memoir No. 25, Wellington) is much more controversial. Michael King (1977:237-8) accuses him of plagarising the work of Pei Te Hurinui Jones and obtaining Te Puea's endorsement in a preface to the book by deception. Pei's work eventualy appeared in Jones and Biggs (1995) | ||
| + | Obituary: Anon. 1959, Leslie G Kelly - Te Putu. ''Journal of the Polynesian Society'', 68(2):59-60. | ||
| − | + | Jones, P T H and B Biggs, 1995 '''Nga Iwi O Tainui. The Traditional History of the Tainui People'''. Auckland University Press, Auckland. | |
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| + | King, M 1977 '''Te Puea, A Biography'''. Hodder and Stroughton, Auckland. | ||
[[Category:Archaeologists]] | [[Category:Archaeologists]] | ||
Revision as of 20:56, 5 January 2008
Leslie Kelly - 1959
Kelly was a Maori amateur ethnologist with a strong interest in linking tradition and historical events to sites, and recording those sites. He authored a long series of articles in the Journal of the Polynesian Society mostly about particular pa.
His book Marion Dufresne at the Bay of Islands (1951 A H and A W Reed, Wellington) strongly links archaeological sites to the historical narrative of that early European visit.
His other book: Tainui: The Story of Hoturoa and his Descendants (1949, Polynesian Society Memoir No. 25, Wellington) is much more controversial. Michael King (1977:237-8) accuses him of plagarising the work of Pei Te Hurinui Jones and obtaining Te Puea's endorsement in a preface to the book by deception. Pei's work eventualy appeared in Jones and Biggs (1995)
Obituary: Anon. 1959, Leslie G Kelly - Te Putu. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 68(2):59-60.
Jones, P T H and B Biggs, 1995 Nga Iwi O Tainui. The Traditional History of the Tainui People. Auckland University Press, Auckland.
King, M 1977 Te Puea, A Biography. Hodder and Stroughton, Auckland.
