A week-long display highlighting the work archaeologists do to preserve archaeology via record in a fun way highlighting the opportunities the library 3D printer provides. Come take a look and pick up a quiz to complete in the library with 3D printing prizes to be won! Brought to you by the Invercargill Branch of New
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Library opening hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Sat 9am - 2pm
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED In conjunction with the Echo Walks Festival. Guide/narrator: Dave Wilton Start/finish point: DoC Kauaeranga Visitors Centre (KVC) - approx 7 km from Thames on Kauaeranga Valley Rd (signposted from the BP Station on southern outskirts of Thames). Route: The tour will commence at the KVC with a short brief and
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In this illustrated talk Adrian Humphris (WCC Chief Archivist) and Mary O’Keeffe (consultant archaeologist) look at the history of our city that can be seen from survey maps and plans. The fascinating detail of our city seen in these plans shows how our city and community has grown and changed (and some curiosities along the
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Archaeologists can learn a lot from pottery fragments found in archaeological sites. Shape, material and decoration can reveal the vessels construction, function and age. Join us to 'dig up' a pot and see if you can reconstruct it
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In the 1970s “Pompallier house” was considered a jewel in the crown of Northland. By the 1980s, serious damp issues were threatening the stability of the building. The Historic Places Trust contracted drain layers to remedy this, but when works commenced they found large holes and Victorian-period rubbish pits. The archaeologists were called in, over
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