Anthropology and Archaeology
Recent Deposits
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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 ... -
Healing the Anxious Self: An Ethnographic Exploration of Undergraduate Student Experiences of 'Having Anxiety'
Mental health is a topical issue in Aotearoa New Zealand, with national statistics showing that many New Zealanders will experience mental illness during their lifetime. Much of the public discourse relates to depression ... -
Negotiating the sacred space: A comparative study of the impact of the dynamics of culture and Christian theology on women in the South Sea Evangelical Church, and in the Anglican Church of Melanesia, Small Malaita, Solomon Islands
The discourses on women’s empowerment, leadership and development in the contemporary Pacific, and Melanesia suggest that local women in these regions are discriminated against and denied gender equality with men. The ... -
Personal ornaments in Thai pre-history: Nong Nor, Ban Lum Khao and Noen-U-Loke
Personal ornaments - jewellery and other items of decoration worn on the body – are common grave goods in prehistoric Thailand. Grave goods are important and accessible aspects of mortuary ritual and mortuary ritual has ... -
The protohistoric period of Wairarapa culture history
Upon a New Zealand-wide scale the intervening years between 1769 and 1840 were remarkable for the contact, confrontation, interaction and co-operation between Maoris and Europeans. This period of impact of an alien people ... -
Adaptation of Malaysian-Singaporean students at Otago university, 1967-8
[…] It appears that although the host society is desirous of Europeanising Malaysian-Singaporean students they are depending upon participation in the extra-curricular activities as a reliable agency and are not aware of ... -
Polynesian coastal hunters in the subantarctic zone : a case for the recognition of convergent cultural adaptation.
A programme of archaeological research was undertaken in the Chatham Islands, 860 km east of Banks Peninsula. This consisted of three phases of field work. These were; extensive site surveying, exploratory excavation and, ... -
Mechanising Fibre Production: The New Zealand Flax Mill Project
Flax has a long history of use in New Zealand. It was a crucial source of fibre in traditional Māori society, and later sparked the interest of shipborne Europeans, always on the lookout for fibre to make rope. Characteristics ... -
An analysis of local authority implementation of legislative provisions for the management and protection of archaeological sites
Local authorities are identified as playing a significant role in historic heritage management at the local level. The aim of this thesis was to determine whether local authorities are in a position to be given greater ... -
When two worlds meet : an examination of the intersection between scientific views of genetic testing and the realm of popular culture
This thesis explores the variety of ways in which scientific views of genetic testing are portrayed in the realm of popular culture. As a case study, I have used the identification of the gene for hereditary stomach cancer ... -
Stone tool production at Cat's Eye Point, Kā̄kanui, North Otago, New Zealand
This thesis exammes a lithic assemblage from Cat's Eye Point (142/4), Kakanui, North Otago, New Zealand. This Archaic site was excavated during 1996 and 1997 and the lithic assemblage was collected from 4 lm2 excavated ... -
Things of Roviana : material culture, personhood and agency in nineteenth century Solomon Islands
The following research examines how material culture was used to negotiate social relationships through exchange, in nineteenth century Roviana lagoon, Solomon Islands. Recent debates in Melanesian anthropology have focused ... -
The taphonomy of big-game hunting in prehistoric New Zealand
This thesis examines patterns of bone remains from big-game hunting in New Zealand archaeological sites, and the origins of these patterns from a taphonomic viewpoint. Taphonomy, as a subdiscipline within archaeology, ...