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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
'Hobbit' human 'is a new species'
The tiny skeletal remains of human 'Hobbits' found on an Indonesian island belong to a completely new branch of our family tree, a study has found.
The finds caused a sensation when they were announced to the world in 2004.
But some researchers argued the bones belonged to a modern human with a combination of small stature and a brain disorder called microcephaly.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
New Lapita Book
"Terra Australis 23: Pieces of the Vanuatu Puzzle: Archaeology of the North, South and Centre by BEDFORD, STUART (2006), xx+326pp., ISBN 1 74076 093 X.
AUD$45.00 (Including GST: AUD$49.5) (softcover)
Pieces of the Vanuatu Puzzle presents the results of the most intensive and widespread archaeological investigations in Vanuatu for more than thirty years. For the first time the results of extensive excavations carried out on three islands in the archipelago are published. The sites span from the period of initial Lapita settlement through to later cultural transformations. The research has brought greater clarity to the early history of the Vanuatu archipelago and has wider implications for the region in general particularly in terms of how processes of cultural change are explained.
It is an essential reference work both for those archaeologists working in the western Pacific but also for those who deal with material culture generally and pottery more specifically. "
New Seven Wonders
"Welcome to the election of the New 7 Wonders of the World
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Click on the images to learn more about each site, then vote."
The choice from 21 includes the Easter Island statues.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Hobbit cave digs set to restart
Archaeologists who found the remains of human 'Hobbits' have permission to restart excavations at the cave where the specimens were found.
Indonesian officials have blocked access to the cave since 2005, following a dispute over the bones.
But Professor Richard 'Bert' Roberts, a member of the team that found the specimens, told BBC News the political hurdles had now been overcome.
The researchers claim that the remains belong to a novel species of human.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Many on Easter Island Prefer to Leave Stones Unturned
Commercial and political interests on Easter Island want to unearth and restore more of the moai, but many residents of the island regard the possibility with a mixture of suspicion and dread.
For local people, though, they also present a problem: what should be done about the hundreds of other stone icons scattered around the island, many of them damaged or still embedded in the ground?
Commercial and political interests, as well as some archaeologists, would like nothing better than to restore more — or perhaps eventually all — of the moai, as the statues are known. But many residents of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian name for Easter Island that is favored here, regard that possibility with a mixture of suspicion and dread.
“We don’t want to become an archaeological theme park, a Disney World of moai,” Pedro Edmunds Paoa, the mayor of Hanga Roa, the island’s largest settlement, said in an interview. “If we are going to keep on restoring moai there has to be a good reason to do so.”
Friday, January 12, 2007
Kai Tahu Taoka
Treasures from the Otago Museum
Otago Museum
Reed Publishing: A collection of Kai Tahu (Ngai Tahu) treasures held in Otago Museum, brilliantly photographed. The taonga include carvings, jewellery, garments, waka etc, in wood, bone, pounamu, feathers and fibre.
Format: 230 x 290 mm , hardback, 208 pp
ISBN: 0790011026
Our price: $49.99
Publication date: 27 November 2006
(A stunning book)
Thursday, January 11, 2007
A New Human: The Strange Story of the Hobbit
A New Human: The Strange Story of the Hobbit. How the Biggest Discovery in Anthropology Since Lucy Shattered More Than a Century of Textbook Science (Hardcover) by Mike Morwood, Penny van Oosterzee " Amazon Listing - pre-publication (May)
Codfish Island secrets to be explored
The deeper secrets of Codfish Island-Whenua Hou's multicultural history could be brought to the surface in the next two weeks.
A team of 11 archaeologists, a botanist and a geomorphologist is to head to the island, northwest of Stewart Island, today as part of a Department of Conservation and iwi initiated project.
Otago University archaeologist Ian Smith and former Australian National University archaeologist Athol Anderson are leading the team.
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Saturday, January 06, 2007
Vaka Moana Exhibition At Auckland Museum | Huliq: Breaking News
The untold story of the World’s greatest exploration - The dramatic story of the world’s greatest human migration is told for the first time in a major exhibition, on view 8 December 2006 to 8 April 2007 at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Incorporating the most recent scientific research in fields as diverse as genetics, linguistics and computer modelling, the landmark Vaka Moana exhibition tells the extraordinary story of the exploration and peopling of the vast Pacific Ocean.
In developing the world-class exhibition, Auckland Museum has drawn on its unsurpassed Maori and Pacific collections, as well as the expertise of in-house curators and academic specialists from New Zealand and the Pacific Rim. "
Some less happy news: the death of Professor Jose Garanger, on December 26, 2006.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
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