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Friday, November 04, 2022
Island archaeology could be a model for space exploration | Around the O
Around the O - University of Oregon
What can people learn from these explorers of the distant past? "If the history behind human colonization of the Pacific Islands has anything to say, ...
New Polynesian settlement discovered on Norfolk Island
Ancient stone tools uncovered on Norfolk Island by Australian archaeologists will rewrite history - Australian Geographic
https://flip.it/Brs88L
Polynesian Tools Uncovered on Norfolk Island - Archaeology Magazine
Archaeology Magazine
... archaeologists have unearthed two basalt axes and hundreds of stone ... park on Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the South Pacific.
Marsden Fund Projects
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/marsden/awarded-grants/marsden-fund-highlights/2022-marsden-fund-highlights/programming-in-an-eye-for-detail/
Associate Professor Steven Mills from Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou the University of Otago will develop new computer imaging tools and use them to enhance our view of ancient Māori archaeological artefacts
Here is the whole list: Marsden Fund awards 2022 (royalsociety.org.nz)
Some extracts from it – You Editor apologises if he has missed some. See the whole list for funding and institutions.
22-GNS-012
Why is pounamu tough? Using materials science and mātauranga Māori to explain the special physical properties and uses of nephrite jade
Dr N Mortimer
Dr SC Cox
Associate Professor AC Ford
Associate Professor LW Kuo
Dr KC Li
Professor DJ Prior
Dr SAF Smith
22-TAK-001
Kūmara: uncovering new narratives about settlement, histories and kōrero of Aotearoa
Professor PJT Tapsell
22-UOA-184
Shining a light on the past: improved chronology for Aotearoa-New Zealand using tree-ring based radiocarbon and stable isotope science
Associate Professor IG Boswijk
Professor NJ Loader
Ms DA Johns
Associate Professor LC Schwendenmann
22-UOO-019
Connecting to the Colonial: Exploring the power of archaeological science to humanise the past
Dr CL King
Professor HR Buckley
Professor NE Longnecker
22-UOO-112
Moa hunting, mahinga kai and Māori economic practices - 1300 to 1450 AD.
Professor RK Walter
Professor KG Douglass
Dr KL Greig
Dr CNT Phillips
Dr M Tromp
Rotorua Museum event – looking at their storage WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022 AT 13:00 Explore the Museum Pātaka
https://fb.me/e/54DZSnPGi
Congratulations to Acting Dean of the School of Biomedical Sciences, Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith, who is one of five Otago internationally acclaimed scholars
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSchoolofBiomedicalSciences%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0keKCqfwv37y2r2kfTxuqPxy2joTN8c26WgZUqT4R9R4yT7KLyrkxCrTU7qAZpAzCl&show_text=true&width=500"
New guide to Tauranga heritage available
https://www.heritage.org.nz/news-and-events/blog/new-guide-to-tauranga-heritage-available?fbclid=IwAR09kGCNHuFoNOQYNsv9HiLhaICxfiGR0X1Vha2lFLUvmQnx5CLHT9HWndA
Mike Smith (1955–2022), a great Australian archaeologist, died in Canberra on Sunday 16 October. As his family announced, "he put down his tools and hung up his hat."
A landmark work of Australian history • Inside Story
Heritage properties hiring
https://m.facebook.com/groups/3393145327/permalink/10166506917430328/
Home - Raymond Dart Lecture 2022 - From Neanderthal to us: The incredible journey of human evolution 1. Dec. Online
https://events.griffith.edu.au/event/60bfa5e4-d82c-4de1-8586-ba96c9eea202
https://events.griffith.edu.au/event/60bfa5e4-d82c-4de1-8586-ba96c9eea202/summary?fbclid=IwAR355Ml-Tepazxnb9IfZYCVLws7LrRQ2mlRl9tznPGFQB3Uu8K98eOFrxKA
Richard Wolfe: The impact of humans on New Zealand
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018864345/richard-wolfe-the-impact-of-humans-on-new-zealand
Paywall applies for this one.
"South Otago Museum curator Dr Roz McKechnie said a "crunch time" appeal for community assistance in resolving the Balclutha museum's long-standing building issues had met with a positive response".
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/encouraging-support-new-museum-building
Sydney then and now
https://m.facebook.com/groups/41495125830/permalink/10159867831030831/
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