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“Going Potty” Archaeology Week at Mercury Bay Museum
Mercury Bay Museum 11a The Esplanade, Whitianga, New ZealandArchaeologists 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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Pompallier Project in Hindsight – Public Talk
Central City Library 44-46 Lorne Street, Auckland, New ZealandIn 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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Children’s Event for Archaeology Week
Orewa Library 12 Moana Avenue, Orewa, Auckland, New ZealandCome and complete an excavation, make paper tools and learn more about archaeology.
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Totally Georgeous Archaeology: What Lies Beneath Dunedin’s Main Street?
Dunedin Public Library City 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, New ZealandCome 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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Buildings and Archaeology
Wellington School of Architecture Te Aro CampusIn 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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Māori Archaeological Textiles
Nelson Provincial Museum Cnr Trafalgar Street and Hardy Street, Nelson, New ZealandTo celebrate NZ Archaeology Week, and as part of Tuku23 Nelson Provincial Museum are delighted to be hosting Otago University PhD candidate Lisa Mckendry. Lisa is a weaver and archaeologist who is completing her doctorial research on archaeological Māori textile fragments from Te Ana o Hineraki (Moa Bone Point), Moncks Cave and Katawahu (Le Bons
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Pā Tawhito in Hapū-Māori Society – Public Talk at Tūhura Otago Museum
Tūhura Otago Museum 419 Great King Street, Dunedin, New ZealandHave you ever wondered about the origins of pā Māori (fortified places)? Today we can see the remains of terraces, ditches, banks and sometimes palisade walls in the landscape. Each place has a history and is a physical manifestation of whakapapa (genealogies) of whānau and hapū. In this presentation, Zac McIvor will be discussing what
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