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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Motutapu archaeological historic landscapes: DOC Heritage assessment
Author: Andy Dodd, Department of Conservation, Auckland Conservancy
The island was extensively used for gardening from at least 1400 by Ngati tai the principal iwi. The Sunde ‘footprints’ site is a widely acclaimed archaeological site. The 1936 military fortifications survive relatively complete including a rare set of 12 barracks buildings;
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"Peva : The Archaeology of an Austral Island Settlement by Robert Bollt" Due in December - available for order
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Papers Past — Evening Post — 7 March 1905
"Mr. Hocken, the well-known archaeologist from Dunedin, has just completed a visit to North Auckland in connection with the New Zealand career of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, who was responsible for tho introduction of tho missionaries to this colony in 1814. Dr. Hocken has obtained a quantity of valuable historical matter concerning early missionary effort in New Zealand, and intends to publish a book on the subject. "
Seems to be the earliest use of 'archaeologist' for a local in Papers Past.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Architect decries hall loss - Hawkes Bay Today
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust also granted an archeological permit allowing the work to proceed.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Draft Koiwi Tangata/Human Remains Guidelines The Koiwi Tangata/Human Remains Guidelines have been prepared by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) for use by NZHPT staff, heritage administrators and consultants, archaeologists, the police, territorial local authorities, government departments, project managers, property owners, and the general public. At any time these people may be involved in the discovery, excavation, exhumation, storage, re-interment or repatriation of koiwi tangata/human remains. The draft guidelines are available for download here: http://www.historic.org.nz/heritage/archsites_guidelines.html NZHPT is currently seeking comments on the draft guidelines from interested parties. Your comments will help us to ensure that the final document is both robust and useful, and can be made in writing by 15 December 2008 to: Koiwi Guidelines Response C/- NZHPT PO Box 2629 WELLINGTON 6140 archaeology@historic.org.nz
Good News Barbados has become the 20th country to ratify the 2001 UNESCO Convention for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage. This was confirmed by the Director General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, announced on Wednesday 8th October, during the afternoon session of the 180th Executive Council. Mr Matsuura advised that, accordingly, the future entry into force of the 2001 Convention will take place on January 2nd, 2009 (three months after the deposit of the 20th ratification). This is a significant milestone in the international protection of underwater cultural heritage that began in the mid 1990s with the development by ICOMOS of its Charter on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage - ratified by the 11th ICOMOS General Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 1996. For the full list of ratified countries to date see the UNESCO site at http://portal.unesco.org/la/convention.asp?language=E&KO=13520.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Don Armitage - Great Barrier
Ed: Not sure if there is anything directly archaeological here but it looks like a great source for Barrier history.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Shelter from the rising sun. Talk by Scott Pilkington - A history of the air raid shelter tunnels under Albert Park West Auckland Historical Society, Opanuku Room, Corban Estate, Henderson , October 21, 7:30 pm (enter off Mt. Lebanon Lane, $2 entry, enquiries phone Grant 834 7133)
Pacific Archaeology 2009 Home
Koror,Palau, July 1-3 2009.
The conference - Pacific Island Archaeology in the 21stCentury: Relevance and Engagement - examines how natural and cultural heritage studies and archaeology are relevant to the sociopolitical, economic, and environmental challenges facing contemporary and future societies in Pacific islands.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Election 2008
Update on arts culture and heritage policies.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Ig Nobel Awards NZ Herald
Armadillos helped win an Ig Nobel for Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo, a professor of archaeology at the Universidade De Sao Paulo in Brazil, and a colleague.
Pesky armadillos, they found, can move artefacts in archaeological dig sites up, down and even laterally by several metres as they dig.
Armadillos are burrowing mammals and prolific diggers.
Their abodes can range from emergency burrows 50cm deep, to more permanent homes reaching 6m deep, with networks of tunnels and multiple entrances.
Araujo was thrilled to win.
'There is no Nobel Prize for archaeology, so an Ig Nobel is a good thing,' he said."
Thursday, October 02, 2008
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