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Thursday, March 28, 2024

 
7 April - 2pm
Meeting and Talk at the Brain Watkins Hall - Robley & Tauranga, by Tim Walker

Tim Walker is an Auckland-based arts & culture consultant. Previously he worked in art galleries and museums for three decades – at the Waikato Museum of Art and History, National Art Gallery and Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Dowse Art Museum and Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum.

Tim is chair of Te Kura Toi Whakaari; NZ Drama School. He has a MA (Hons) in Art History from the University of Auckland and was awarded an Honorary Degree in Creative Technologies by the Wellington Institute of Technology for his work at The Dowse.

Tim wrote his Art History Master's thesis on Horatio Gordon Robley. He has maintained an interest in the subject since, including friendships with Robley's descendants in the Bay of Plenty and Whanganui. He is currently writing a book centred on Robley's extraordinary life.

He will be talking about Robley's relationship with Tauranga and New Zealand, and our changing relationship with him.


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Cold War satellite images reveal nearly 400 Roman forts

Declassified Cold War-era spy satellite images have led researchers to identify 396 previously unknown Roman forts in Syria and Iraq. The research points towards a vibrant network supporting trade and cultural exchange rather than a rigid border defense system.

The discovery builds upon the pioneering work of French Jesuit priest Father Antoine Poidebard, who, in the 1920s, conducted one of the world's first aerial archaeological surveys, documenting 116 forts along what was believed to be the eastern boundary of the Roman Empire. Casana's team identified 396 forts scattered across the Syrian steppe, far exceeding Poidebard's count. The newfound forts, distributed both east-to-west and north-to-south, challenge the notion of a strict border and indicate a more fluid and interconnected Roman frontier...

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Applications are now open for the Auckland Museum Institute Postgraduate Scholarship, the James Fawcett Postgraduate Research Awards, and the Sir Hugh Kawharu Scholarship - open to both undergraduates and postgraduates.

These opportunities are open to students undertaking research-based degrees to help support research that is in line with the Museum research strategy and/or Museum collections.

Click to read more about all 3 opportunities and apply: https://bit.ly/3IJFqzT

📆 Applications close on Fri 26 April, 5PM.


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Technology Assesses Tombstone Condition

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The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb - its biggest tourist attraction. However, while overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world. 



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Vanessa Tanner writes:


National Emergency Management Pilot Archaeological Survey and Assessment Tāirawhiti – call for volunteers

 

As climate change impacts are increasing and significant weather events are occurring with greater frequency, archaeological sites are being damaged and lost as a result of disaster events.

 

NZAA, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and the Department of Conservation jointly contribute to, and support , the New Zealand Archaeological Site Recording Scheme. In the spirit of that agreement the three organisations are partnering in a pilot project to update archaeological information, record baseline condition data and assist communities to monitor and record change, and to make management recommendations to reduce the loss of sites.

 

As a result of the severe weather events and States of Emergency that were declared in the Tāirawhiti (Gisborne District), the pilot project will be located within the rohe of Te Aitanga a Hauiti in the vicinity of Uawa/Tolaga Bay. The boundaries of the project will be set in agreement with Te Aitanga a Hauiti.

 

The pilot project will be led by Heritage New Zealand. NZAA members are invited to contact Vanessa Tanner if you would like to be involved in fieldwork as a volunteer. Fieldwork is planned to commence in the week beginning 6 May 2024. Please note that the project coordinators are seeking archaeologists experienced in archaeological survey, recording and assessment to volunteer for the project. Contact Vanessa at vtanner@heritage.org.nz if you would like to volunteer.


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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

 

Monday, March 25, 2024

 
Bones found in 8-meter-deep pit may 'fundamentally change' history of humans in Europe



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We have revealed a unique time capsule of Australia's first coastal people from 50,000 years ago



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Sunday, March 24, 2024

 

Saturday, March 23, 2024

 
Divers Just Found 7,000-Year-Old Canoes At A Sunken City In A Lake Just North Of Rome



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Obsidian blades with food traces reveal 1st settlers of Rapa Nui had regular contact with South Americans 1,000 years ago



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Friday, March 22, 2024

 

Identification of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) and South American crops introduced during early settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), as revealed through starch analysis


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Thursday, March 21, 2024

 


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Kia ora Garry

 

The San José, travelling to Europe with treasures to fund the war of the Spanish succession when it was sunk by the British in 1708, has been at the centre of a dispute over who has rights to the wreck, including $17bn in booty.

"There has been this persistent view of the galleon as a treasure trove. We want to turn the page on that," Alhena Caicedo, director of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History, said. "We aren't thinking about treasure. We're thinking about how to access the historical and archaeological information at the site."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/18/san-jose-shipwreck-recovery

 

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An internationally important collection of shells, including specimens from Captain Cook's final voyage, has been rediscovered 40 years after it was thought to have been thrown into a skip.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/12/shells-from-captain-cooks-final-voyage-saved-from-skip

 

cheers,

Moira

 

From: Garry Law <glawnz@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2024 13:56
To: Moira White <Moira.White@otagomuseum.nz>
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Ta There is a response out today from Rangitane

 

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On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 at 1:00 PM, Moira White <Moira.White@otagomuseum.nz> wrote:

Kia ora Garry

 

I don't know if this is essentially the same as the text that appeared in all the other outlets, but the second one, from 6 days ago, has audio.

 

Montford Corporation Limited was sentenced in the Blenheim District Court on a charge of modifying or damaging an archaeological site, without the permission of Heritage New Zealand. They were fined $55,250 and ordered to pay court costs.

The land in question is near the Wairau Bar, one of the most significant archaeological sites in Aotearoa.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/512244/iwi-share-distress-sadness-as-company-fined-for-damaging-marlborough-archaeological-site#:~:text=Montford%20Corporation%20Limited%20was%20sentenced,ordered%20to%20pay%20court%20costs

 

 

A company that damaged one of the Aotearoa's most significant archaeological sites has been ordered to pay just over 55-thousand dollars after doing earthworks without the required consent from Heritage New Zealand. The Wairau Bar in Marlborough is a site of significant archaeological significance and is recognised as one of the earliest places of settlement.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2018930258/company-fined-for-damaging-marlborough-archaeological-site

 

cheers,

Moira

 

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Native Hawaiians aim to bring cultural sensitivity to Maui wildfire cleanup



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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

 

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

 

Well-preserved Ming Dynasty tomb unearthed in China's Shanxi Province


https://arkeonews.net/well-preserved-ming-dynasty-tomb-unearthed-in-chinas-shanxi-province/

 

 


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Mōrena Garry

 

Alice Gorman is an internationally renowned expert of space archaeology. The Associate Professor has made a career of tracking human-made items in the cosmos, and studying their cultural significance. She lays claim to the first archaeological fieldwork to ever to take place outside of Earth, co-directing a study on how astronauts interact with their surroundings at the International Space Station in 2022.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018930720/the-cultural-preservation-of-space-junk

 

cheers,

Moira

 

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An Alpine Mummy's Mysterious Tattoos Have Upended Archaeological Theories
That's why Aaron Deter-Wolf of the Tennessee Division of Archaeology partnered with New Zealand tattoo artists Danny Riday to test out the methods.
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Saturday, March 16, 2024

 

 


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Friday, March 15, 2024

 


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Residue analysis suggests ritual use of tobacco at the ancient Mesoamerican city of Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/residue-analysis-suggests-ritual-use-of-tobacco-at-the-ancient-mesoamerican-city-of-cotzumalhuapa-guatemala/B8DE0CCECF3F7F378013E4D17DF7E0A2#article

The widespread significance of tobacco in Mesoamerica is documented in historical and ethnographic sources, yet recovery of the organic remains of this plant from archaeological contexts is rare. Detection of nicotine in residue analysis of three cylindrical ceramic vases recovered from cache deposits near the El Baúl acropolis suggests that these vessels contained tobacco infusions or other liquid preparations.

 

Cheers,

Moira

 

MOIRA WHITE

                                                                                    

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

 

 

A joint Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a huge statue of King Ramses II during excavations south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt's tourism and antiquities ministry said on Monday.  The limestone block is about 3.8 metres (12.5 feet) high and depicts a seated Ramses wearing a double crown and a headdress topped with a royal cobra, Bassem Jihad, head of the mission's Egyptian team, said in a statement.

https://www.reuters.com/science/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-section-large-ramses-ii-statue-2024-03-04/

 



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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

 
Battery

 
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Making wine in earthenware vessels: a comparative approach to Roman vinification.

Wine was deeply embedded in all aspects of Roman life and its role in society, culture and the economy has been much studied. Ancient Roman texts and archaeological research provide valuable insights into viticulture and the manufacture, trade and consumption of wine but little is known of the sensory nature of this prized commodity.

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'Pivotal' trail full steam ahead - Otago Daily Times
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