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Throwback to some of my past NZ archaeology focused blog posts for #NZArchaeologyWeek: Today, one of several great experiences from volunteering through the University of Otago Anthropology Society in my student days: https://archaeologyactually.blogspot.com/2015/03/archaeology-in-community.html?spref=tw
Today's #NZArchaeologyWeek throwback blog post is to a University of Otago Anthropology Society weekend surveying trip to the historic Hart's Black Horse Brewery in 2014: https://archaeologyactually.blogspot.com/2015/04/more-archaeology-in-community.html?spref=tw
And today's #NZArchaeologyWeek throwback blog post is a bit I wrote during my first paid archaeological work experience in 2015. Some #Archaeology of Early #Dunedin: https://archaeologyactually.blogspot.com/2015/05/some-archaeology-of-early-dunedin.html?spref=tw
A short post I wrote in 2019 about the work our team at SPAR has undertaken during capital development works across @otago's #Dunedin campus: https://archaeologyactually.blogspot.com/2019/10/university-of-otago-campus-works-and.html?spref=tw If you're in Dunedin, there's a talk about this work this evening: https://otagomuseum.nz/whats-on/bottles-barrels-and-bygones-2 #NZArchaeologyWeek
Hopefully, a takeaway message for those in NZ following the #NZArchaeologyWeek content this week has been that #archaeology isn't just far away & exotic. NZ has it's own rich and fascinating archaeological record!
Appetite whetted by the #NZArchaeologyWeek content? Interested in finding out more? Your local library is always a great starting point! e.g. @ChristchurchLib, who have put together this resource: https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/archaeology/
Btw, if you didn't have a chance to catch it during #NZArchaeologyWeek, @gobbledegoookk's 'Through the Shop Window' exhibit at Tūranga in #Christchurch, featuring #archaeology from 1860s shops that stood on the site of Te Pae, will be up for a few more weeks (until June 30).
For those interested in learning more about NZ archaeology there are two recent & authoritative overviews for a general readership. The first is the contribution by Atholl Anderson (Kāi Tahu) in ‘Tangata Whenua: A History’: https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/tangata-whenua-a-history/ #NZArchaeologyWeek
... And the second, with a focus on the early period of Māori-Pākehā contact, is the late Ian Smith’s ‘Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World: New Zealand Archaeology 1769-1860’: https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/pakeha-settlements #NZArchaeologyWeek
For younger readers and aspiring archaeologists, there’s ‘Digging Up The Past: Archaeology for the young and curious’ by Dave Veart: https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/digging-up-the-past-archaeology-for-the-young-and-curious/ All of the books I’ve mentioned in this thread should be accessible through your local library #NZArchaeologyWeek
