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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

 
Fire in Feces: Bats Reliably Record Fire History in Their Guano


https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024GL112045

 
First-ever biomechanics study of Indigenous weapons shows what made them so deadly


https://theconversation.com/first-ever-biomechanics-study-of-indigenous-weapons-shows-what-made-them-so-deadly-239936

Monday, October 28, 2024

 

 

 
Hew portal to HNZPT properties

https://www.visitheritage.co.nz/

Don't miss the collections page 

Sunday, October 27, 2024

 

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Call For Papers

Proposals for Papers close 15 March 2025.



https://worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/papers/

Saturday, October 26, 2024

 


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Researchers urge caution after Jordan tomb excavation and say new clues about Nabataean culture may lie elsewhere

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/19/petra-jordan-archaeology-tomb-excavation-nabataean-experts

 

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Kia ora Garry

 

Eminent archaeologist who was known for his excavations at Stonehenge, and later advised on large-scale projects including the Channel tunnel

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/25/timothy-darvill-obituary

 

cheers,

Moira

 

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Kia ora Garry

 

Eminent archaeologist who was known for his excavations at Stonehenge, and later advised on large-scale projects including the Channel tunnel

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/25/timothy-darvill-obituary

 

cheers,

Moira

 

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With a ditch and bank along a boundary what is the boundary, the ditch, the bank or something else? Colonists here from Britain might have known this. See this explanation for there. Perhaps one driver of why colonists here were so set on pegged surveyed land boundaries.


Friday, October 25, 2024

 
Howic village talk

 

Leave Denniston relics where they lie

Introduction

DOC has a simple message for locals and visitors to top West Coast tourist destination and Tohu Whenua site Denniston – "leave Denniston relics where they lie".


The call comes amid reports of people illegally digging and moving material at the historic site.

Senior Heritage Advisor Tom Barker says that people travel to Denniston to learn about the history there, and the historic artifacts and relics are all part of the experience. For many decades, Denniston was the largest producing coal mining area in New Zealand, staffed by pioneering people who braved the hilltop and windswept location.

Leave Denniston relics where they lie: Media release 24 October 2024


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Open day Wrigts Hill

Thursday, October 24, 2024

 
Date & Time
Nov 15, 2024 08:00 AM  in  
Description
The Second International Conference on Aviation Archaeology and Heritage, brought to you by Aviation Cultures Conference Inc.


Garry Law
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Archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the University of Münster have discovered the remains of a previously unknown early Christian church in the ancient city of Artaxata. "The 4th century building is the oldest archaeologically documented church in the country".

https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=14322

 


                                             

 


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Mōrena Garry

 

Not exactly archaeology but…

 

Southland will get its new museum with all the trimmings - at a cost of $87 million.

https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/council-backs-87m-option-museum

 

cheers,

Moira

 

MOIRA WHITE

                                                                                    

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A walk through old South Taranaki with a Maori Descendant 

Hasn't been a post on this facebook page for a while now - but the old ones are worth going back to. Facebook

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

 

 

Kurt Bennett has suggested and It would be greatly appreciated if possible, if the attached Link to our NZ Underwater Heritage Group Conference information flyer  could be included in this coming Friday's NZAA eNews. We have an interesting line-up of speaker presentations which are attracting wide interest.


I note you are on our NZUHG mailing list and will have received other Conference promotional material. If you need additional information please let me know.


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Keith Gordon
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New Kerikeri orchard at historic site springs from country's oldest fruit trees - NZ Herald
James Robinson of Heritage New Zealand planting one of the fruit trees at Edmonds Ruins near Kerikeri. An orchard of heritage trees descended from ...

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

 

 
Dutch artist Theo Schoon is remembered as a controversial figure in the history of New Zealand art. While no doubt a brilliant artist, his relationship with Māori art continues to ignite debate.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018960862/the-maori-art-vandal

Monday, October 21, 2024

 

Sunday, October 20, 2024

 


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Kia ora Garry

 

In the first ever scientific study of Les Catacombes, a team of archaeologists, anthropologists, biologists and doctors is examining some of the skeletons of an estimated 5-6 ­million people whose bones were literally dumped down quarry shafts at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/19/bodies-quarry-shafts-millions-buried-paris-catacombs

 

cheers,

Moira

 

MOIRA WHITE

                                                                                    

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Friday, October 18, 2024

 

Scientists claim breakthrough to bringing back Tasmanian tiger from extinction


https://news.sky.com/story/scientists-claim-breakthrough-to-bringing-back-tasmanian-tiger-from-extinction-13234815

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

 
Not quite archaeology…
Come with us as we explore the secret room in the Auckland Museum which has been reconstructed to look like Sir Gilbert Archey's office. Sir Gilbert Archey lived an incredible life. A long-time director and the sole "Monuments Man" of South East Asia during World War ll, Archey's legacy endures today through his contributions to the preservation of Māori and Pacific Art.

Discover more in episode one of The Amp: Soldier, Curator, Moments Man Streaming on all podcast platforms 🎧

#aucklandmuseum #podcast #history

 
700,000 years of Egyptian history finds enormous new home

GIZA, Egypt — Even before it opened 12 enormous galleries containing priceless artifacts this week, the Grand Egyptian Museum looked to be making history. 

Egypt is finally allowing the public to view some of the 700,000 years' worth of antiquities devoted to four eras of history on a plot the size of 80 football fields, a project delayed for nearly two decades by war, an armed uprising and the pandemic.



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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

 

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

 
Coming up on Friday 29 November CAA Australasia and the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform will host a hybrid event "De/coding Digital Archaeology symposium" at the University of Melbourne and on Zoom, abstracts for which are still open so please see below for more details.


https://mailchi.mp/3fb7b74921ca/caaa-newsletter-october-2024?e=61d9df4471

 


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To: Garry Law <glawnz@gmail.com>, Patricia Pillay <patricia.pillay@auckland.ac.nz>


Kia ora Garry and Patricia,

 

I hope you are both well.

 

Could you please share the following on your platforms?

 

NZAA Annual Conference 2025

The NZAA Annual Conference will take place in Mount Maunganui from Tuesday 15th to Friday 18th July 2025. Check out our conference event page for more details https://nzarchaeology.org/event/nzaa-annual-conference-2025

 

Archaeology Week 2025

New Zealand Archaeology Week will run from 3rd – 11th May 2025. Keep an eye on the NZAA website for further details, events and activities.

https://nzarchaeology.org/news-events/national-archaeology-week-2025

 

Patricia, I have attached images for you to use on Facebook and Instagram.

 

Ngā mihi nui,


Emma

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

 

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Timaru District Council's historic reservoirs to be sold | The Press
It was a significant piece of New Zealand's heritage and recognised on the New Zealand Heritage List Rārangi Kōrero as a Category 2 Historic Place in ...

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

 
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Te Tuhi o te Whenua: Pakohe Unearthed

Join Nick Mortimer, GNS Science Te Pῡ Ao, Dunedin, for a discussion on the geology of pakohe.

🌿 Date: Saturday, 12th October
🕒 Time: 2:00 PM
📍 Location: The Nelson Provincial Museum, Pupuri Taonga o Te Tai Ao, 270 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

🍴 Followed by light refreshments

✨ Proudly supported by Ngāti Kuia and ngā iwi o Te Tauihu.

For more info:
📞 P: 03 548 9588
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Wednesday, October 09, 2024

 


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