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Friday, June 12, 2020
Canterbury Museum apologises for longstanding, 'offensive' exhibit depicting early Māori life | 1 NEWS | TVNZ
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/canterbury-museum-apologises-longstanding-offensive-exhibit-depicting-early-m-ori-life
Scientists Unearth Oldest Figurine Discovered Yet in China
https://www.insidescience.org/news/scientists-unearth-oldest-figurine-discovered-yet-china
Papuan mitochondrial genomes and the settlement of Sahul | Journal of Human Genetics
https://www.nature.com/articles/s10038-020-0781-3?fbclid=IwAR2z2mMh7gowxAtlVQNhS332heFw1Ai7BMthAEazlgB83aEgrlTxpUerejY
BHP to destroy at least 40 Aboriginal sites, up to 15,000 years old,
to expand Pilbara mine
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/11/bhp-to-destroy-at-least-40-aboriginal-sites-up-to-15000-years-old-to-expand-pilbara-mine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Heritage laws need to account for Māori views on wāhi tapu - academic
RNZ
The individuals are alleged to have breached section 87 of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Tāonga Act, which states it is an offence to modify or ..
Remains of earliest purpose-built playhouse found in east London
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/10/remains-of-earliest-purpose-built-playhouse-found-in-east-london?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘Default setting stuck on destroy': FMG's plan to blast 60,000-year-old site (Aus.)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ozarch/3nGYTF-4HQk
Charges laid over vineyard on Wairau Bar archaeological site
RNZ
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga chief executive Andrew Coleman said the archaeological significance of the Wairau Bar was well-known, and ...
Charges over vineyard works on archaeological site
Stuff.co.nz
Heritage NZ charged two defendants on June 3 with "modifying or destroying" an archaeological site, which breached the Heritage New Zealand ...
Charges laid after vineyard built on archaeological site
Otago Daily Times
Lorator Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga chief executive Andrew Coleman said the Wairau Bar was well-known, and is believed to be one of the ...
Good stewardship or cultural vandalism - axing our overseas books
Stuff.co.nz
"They have no New Zealand heritage or cultural value. In my view, these collections are no longer in line with current information needs of New ...
Roman forts, roads, military camps and villas have been identified by a new analysis of aerial photographs taken in the 2018 heatwave across Wales.
Scorched crop marks uncovered about 200 ancient sites during the drought.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-52911797
Archaeologists discover 'amazing' details of Roman city. Archaeologists have mapped a complete Roman city for the first time using ground-penetrating radar, revealing highly detailed images that they say could revolutionise our understanding of how such sites worked.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jun/09/archaeologists-discover-amazing-details-of-roman-city
Like George Floyd, This Man Was Arrested For Using A Counterfeit Bill—But Says White Privilege Saved His Life
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/06/07/like-george-floyd-this-man-was-arrested-for-using-a-counterfeit-bill-but-says-white-privilege-saved-his-life/
See also:
https://smu.academia.edu/MarkMcCoy/CurriculumVitae
Mark was at Otago 2009-2914.
Expansive redevelopment planned for Canterbury Museum
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/121706659/expansive-redevelopment-planned-for-canterbury-museum
Rare miniature rock art found in Australia
People may have used beeswax to shape the miniature stencils
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/rare-miniature-rock-art-found-in-australia/
Researchers document the first use of maize in Mesoamerica
archaeology.org - Daniel Weiss
AUSTRALIA: While excavating the Ladies’ Cottage, a former women’s mental health asylum in Tasmania, archaeologists learned about one inmate’s curious …
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