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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Skippers Valley historic assets protection: DOC Southland volunteer programme
You will work on pine removal from the historic Aurum Reserve. This area has a significant wilding pine problem which is a major threat to the environment and to the old sluicings. The project visits a variety of sites and will give you a good appreciation of the area. One day is available to undertake recreational activities in the area.
Monday, September 24, 2007
OWEN WILKES MEMORIAL
To be opened by Mayor Garry Moore
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH, 11 A.M. BECKENHAM PARK
(the Ponds, overlooking Heathcote River, Eastern Terrace)
It’s on regardless of weather If fine bring a picnic.
To refresh your memories about just how much Owen Wilkes, Christchurch’s world famous peace researcher and activist, crammed into his 65 years.
Let’s clarify one thing from the outset. The memorial is a humble park bench (which comes complete with a plaque bearing a few well chosen words and a pictorial representation of Owen). It’s a beautiful setting, one chosen for its personal significance to Owen – he grew up in Beckenham, he played along the Heathcote River, he went to Beckenham Primary School which adjoins the Park. We’ve invited Mayor Garry Moore to perform the opening (in one of the last acts of his mayoralty) because he was instrumental in getting the Council funding to pay for this memorial, and because he personally supported it throughout, having known Owen in decades past.
The opening will be on regardless of weather. Dress code – beards, leather shorts and bare feet not compulsory.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
NZAA Digs Sought Listing
Organisation : University of Hawaii. Dig location: Tubuai, Austral Islands, French Polynesia. Dig dates: late October-late December 2007. Info and contacts: Robert Bollt, Ph.D., is seeking 2-3 volunteers to help excavate an Archaic 13th century AD East Polynesian site (Atiahara) on the beautiful island of Tubuai in the Australs. The excavation is planned for late October-late December 2007. The interested student will have to pay his/her way to Tahiti and thence to Tubuai – food and lodging will be taken care of there. The site is a unique one, rich in artifacts and faunal remains. Not since the major excavations in the Marquesas in the 1960s has a single site yielded such a rich and varied assemblage of Archaic fishhooks, ornaments, and adzes. Students will learn all essential field techniques, including planning, excavation, and mapping. They will also receive a rich an unparalleled education in ancient and modern Polynesian culture and Pacific archaeology. Daily excavation will be followed by lab work, in which the student will learn faunal remains analysis, artifact conservation and illustration, and additional skills. Some knowledge of French is helpful, as few people speak English there. If interested, write to me at bollt@hawaii.edu Name
Monday, September 17, 2007
St Patrick's follows an honoured tradition - NZ Herald:
When the work was starting in late 2005, Dr Simon Best, the archaeologist supervising historic excavation, said operators doing the radar tests and using a magnetometer had found anomalies in the area which they had interpreted to be possible graves. But after two years of digging and searching, church authorities are none the wiser.
Ed. - There is an advertising feature with more in Monday's Herald
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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Sunday, September 09, 2007
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer In Archaeology Department Of Anthropology University Of Otago Applications are invited for the position of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology. This is a full-time, confirmation path position. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the Department's undergraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision, and to conduct and publish high quality research. Specific teaching responsibilities will include a module on hominid evolution at first year level, contributions to other team-taught papers, and the development of one or more advanced-level papers in areas that reflect the applicant's research. We are seeking applications from candidates with a completed PhD, an established or developing research profile, and experience in University teaching. We are especially interested in candidates able to complement and extend the Department's existing research strengths in New Zealand, Pacific and Southeast Asian archaeology, through research in areas such as spatial archaeology, Pacific historical archaeology, Australian archaeology, or theoretical approaches to the study of gender, identity or power through archaeology. Applicants should be available to commence teaching by the beginning of July 2008. Specific enquiries may be directed to Associate Professor Ian Smith, Programme Co-ordinator Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Tel 64 3 479 8752, Email ian.smith@otago.ac.nz Reference Number: A07/134. Closing Date: Monday 15 October 2007. For an application form, EEO Information Statement and a full job description go to: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs Alternatively, contact the Human Resources Division, Tel 03 479 8269, Fax 03 479 8279, Email job.applications@otago.ac.nz
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Marsden: 2007 results:
How did the Lapita people spread across Oceania? Evaluating models of their advance The University of Auckland $95,000 + $95,000 Dr J Cassidy, The University of Auckland Associate Professor PJ Sheppard, The University of Auckland.
The first hundred years: the archaeology of New Zealand's cultural origins. University of Otago
$223,000 + $232,000 + $238,000 Associate Professor RK Walter, University of Otago.
Vastly Ingenious
The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture
Bringing together an impressive group of scholars of Pacific archaeology,
the editors have designed the book as both a thoroughly up-to-date and
wide-ranging survey and as a festschrift for museum archaeologist Janet
Davidson, until recently based at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Tongarewa.
Reflecting in 1769 on the manners and customs of the South Sea islands,
Joseph Banks remarked that ‘in every expedient for taking fish they are
vastly ingenious.’ Hence the title of this book on Pacific material culture,
past and present, with broad themes of origins, the movement of peoples
and the development of their technologies.
Contributors Atholl Anderson, J. Stephen Athens, Helene Martinsson-
Wallin and Karen Stothert, Susan Bulmer, David V. Burley and Richard
Shutler Jr, Geoffrey Clark and Duncan Wright, Peter Gathercole, Roger
C. Green, Geoffrey Irwin, Rod Wallace and Stephanie Green, Kevin L.
Jones, Adrienne L Kaeppler, Foss Leach, Helen Leach, Sean Mallon,
Nigel Prickett, Paul Rainbird, Yoshiko H. Sinoto, Ian Smith, Jim Specht,
Katherine Szabo, and Moira White. Edited by Atholl Anderson, Kaye Green and Foss Leach
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
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