Anthropology and Archaeology
Recent Deposits
-
Indigenous and exotic : archaeozoology of the Te Hoe Shore whaling station, New Zealand
Faunal analysis has long been a strength in the archaeology of prehistoric New Zealand, though its use in the interpretations of historic sites has been relatively recent. This thesis presents the results and interpretations ... -
A systemic approach to understanding prehistoric shell-bearing deposits in New Zealand: a case study from Shag Point, North Otago
This thesis describes a systemic approach to the study of shell' remains, using material from the site of Shag Point (J43/11), in North Otago. This approach analyses the relationship between sampling, identification, ... -
The Nature of Ceramic Production at Unai Bapot, House of Taga and Ritidian at 3,500 cal BP
This thesis presents the results of a chemical analysis on pottery to investigate the nature of mobility and interaction from three Mariana Islands sites from 3,500 cal BP to 300 cal BP. These sites were: House of Taga ... -
A preliminary investigation of the archaeology of whaling stations on the Southern Coast
Shore whaling represents the earliest period of European settlement in the lower South Island. While the history of whaling has been well documented, little systematic work has been carried out on the archaeology of ... -
Archaeometric studies of cordyline (TI) based on ethnobotanical and archaeological research
The prehistoric utilization of Cordyline (ti) in southern New Zealand was studied using a multidisciplinary approach. The ethnographic literature on the prehistoric use of Cordyline in the Pacific area and particularly ... -
Subsistence in the Lapita Homeland
This thesis presents an analysis of vertebrate fauna remains from two Lapita sites in the Arawe Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Studies of subsistence in Pacific contexts have focussed on how Lapita ... -
Sex workers challenging stereotypes: a case study in Dunedin, New Zealand
This thesis examines the nature of social stigmatization surrounding prostitution in New Zealand, and the ways in which the public reacts to perceived problems of prostitution. It is important to recognise that prostitution ... -
Doing death differently? A digital ethnography of Aotearoa New Zealand death talking communities
For many people, talking about death may seem unnatural. However, for the death talking community, death is a normal topic of conversation. Death talking is part of a growing global movement of ‘ordinary’ people using ... -
Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the healthcare experiences of medical crowdfunders in Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand went into a strict, nation-wide lockdown at 11:59pm, on Wednesday the 25th of March 2020, in an early effort to stem community transmission of – and later, eliminate – COVID-19. This lockdown was justified by ... -
Materialising Ancestral Madang: Pottery Production and Subsistence Trading on the Northeast Coast of New Guinea
Materialising Ancestral Madang documents the emergence of pottery production processes and exchange networks along the northeast coast of New Guinea during the last millennium before the present. This dynamic period in the ... -
One Flake at a Time: a study of adze production at Wairau Bar through debitage analysis
This thesis explores the adze industry of the early period of Māori history. The research focuses on the production of adzes at the site of Wairau Bar which dates to the earliest phase of New Zealand settlement. It aims ... -
Early Lapita Settlement in the Colonisation Process: The nature of an Early Lapita ceramic assemblage from Tamuarawai, Emirau Island, Papua New Guinea
Pottery has long been the artefact of choice for establishing migrations in the West Pacific, as demonstrated by the discovery in the 1940s that dentate-stamped pottery of the Lapita Cultural Complex had a distribution ... -
The Archaeology of Porcellanite in New Zealand
Porcellanite is a lithic material that was used by early Māori to manufacture flake tools in Murihiku. This thesis examines how porcellanite was procured during the early colonisation of Murihiku. How lithic sources were ... -
Prehistoric settlement and networks of interaction in the Western Solomon Islands: A survey of Manning Strait
This thesis is an investigation into the prehistory of the western Solomon Islands and an examination of archaeological sites located in and around a deep-sea passage between Choiseul and Santa Isabel known as Manning ... -
Approaching a ritual design strategy: Thinking ritually to support an organisational collaboration strategy
This thesis traces the design of a method – a ritual design method – for thinking through the design of activities and things. My research goal was to evolve and apply a design method informed by ritual scholarship and ... -
Māori-plant interactions: Anthracological analysis of an archaeological site at Cooks Beach (Pukaki), Coromandel Peninsula
Charcoal is found throughout the archaeological record as a result of human activity. Anthracology, the analysis of charcoal, is a useful but often neglected branch of research that enables exploration of the dynamic ... -
Palaeoseasonality investigations at the mouth of the Pleasant River (J43/1)
Excavations at the mouth of the Pleasant River (J43/1) between 1991 and 1993 produced faunal and artefactual assemblages from at least three periods of activity. The earliest of these activity periods, dated to the fourteenth ... -
The study of protohistoric Maori material culture
An interdisciplinary approach to the study of change and retention in Maori material culture during the protohistoric is recommended. The principal disciplines involved are history, ethnology, ethnography and archaeology. ... -
Smith and society in Bronze Age Thailand
A metalsmith's ability to tum stone into metal and mould metal into useable objects, is one of the most valuable production industries of any society. The conception of this metallurgical knowledge has been the major ... -
Sussing out ageing: Sharing lesbian & queer women's knowledge of ageing in Aotearoa New Zealand
This thesis is a qualitative study exploring how some lesbian and queer women (aged 45 to 88) conceptualise, and experience ageing, old age and the life course in Aotearoa New Zealand. Combining semi-structured interviews ...