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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Come and complete an excavation, make paper tools and learn more about archaeology.
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Come and listen to three speakers discussing what has been found so far during the Retail Quarter Upgrade works. India Gillespie (New Zealand Heritage Properties), Nikole Wills (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga) and Glen Hazelton (Dunedin City Council) will each give a short talk on their involvement in the project and what has been revealed.
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In this illustrated presentation Eva Forster-Garbutt (PhD candidate at the Wellington School of Architecture) will take you on a journey through the fascinating practice of buildings archaeology, which involves archaeologists investigating and recording buildings. She will provide some background to this field from overseas, before exploring the development of buildings archaeology in New Zealand, and
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