Matakawau Stingray Point Pa excavation, Ahuahu Great Mercury Island 1955–56

Furey, Louise; Emmitt, Joshua; Wallace, Rod

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“…The island has considerable evidence for Māori occupation. Initial research on the island focused on pā (fortifications) around the coast in addition to the general identification of archaeological sites and features [47][48][49][50][51]. Since 2012, the Ahuahu Great Mercury Island Project has carried out surveys and excavations across the northern half of the island with most attention focused around the tombolo area [18,[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61].…”

Section: Case Study: Waitetoke Ahuahu Great Mercury Islandmentioning

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A Comparison of Volumetric Reconstruction Methods of Archaeological Deposits Using Point-Cloud Data from Ahuahu, Aotearoa New Zealand

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Collection of 3D data in archaeology is a long-standing practice. Traditionally, the focus of these data has been visualization as opposed to analysis. Three-dimensional data are often recorded during archaeological excavations, with the provenience of deposits, features, and artefacts documented by a variety of methods. Simple analysis of 3D data includes calculating the volumes of bound entities, such as deposits and features, and determining the spatial relationships of artifacts within these. The construction of these volumes presents challenges that originate in computer-aided design (CAD) but have implications for how data are used in archaeological analysis. We evaluate 3D construction processes using data from Waitetoke, Ahuahu Great Mercury Island, Aotearoa, New Zealand. Point clouds created with data collected by total station, photogrammetry, and terrestrial LiDAR using simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) are compared, as well as different methods for generating surface area and volumes with triangulated meshes and convex hulls. The differences between methods are evaluated and assessed in relation to analyzing artifact densities within deposits. While each method of 3D data acquisition and modeling has advantages in terms of accuracy and precision, other factors such as data collection and processing times must be considered when deciding on the most suitable.

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Māori settlement of New Zealand: The Anthropocene as a process

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Archaeology in Oceania

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The lateness and prominence of Polynesian colonisation of New Zealand make it an ideal place to investigate the Anthropocene. We review the Anthropocene as a process and the information needed to understand the consequences of ongoing human-environmental interaction. Elsewhere in the world, a lengthy history complicates the ability to differentiate between the impact of people on the environment and the consequences of engagement. In New Zealand, engagement is not only of short duration but the landmass has a long coastline, with numerous offshore islands. These characteristics provide the scope to study the impact of engagement where it is particularly discernible. We introduce one such island, Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island). Upon arrival, Polynesian colonists found a temperate, geologically complex land covered in forest, populated by a diverse endemic flora and fauna. They knew how to produce crops and exploit wild food sources but had to rapidly adapt to new conditions marginal to production and new technological possibilities. The New Zealand case study allows consideration of whether the processes involved in creating the phenomena described by the Anthropocene are global, directional and inevitable, or are due to local, small-scale changes related to particular forms of production by Māori, and their capacity to construct environmental change. RÉSUMÉ Le retard et la proéminence de la colonisation Polynésienne de la Nouvelle-Zélande en font un lieu idéal pourétudier l'Anthropocène. Nous examinons l'Anthropocène en tant que processus et les informations nécessaires pour comprendre les conséquences d'une interactioncontinue avec l'environnement humain. Ailleurs dans le monde, une longue histoire complique la capacitéà différencier l'impact des personnes sur l'environnement et les conséquences de l'engagement. En Nouvelle-Zélande, l'engagement est non seulement de courte durée, mais la masse terrestre a un long littoral avec de nombreusesîles au large des côtes. Ces caractéristiques permettent d'étudier l'impact de l'engagement là où il est particulièrement discernable. Nous présentons une de cesîles, Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island). À leur arrivée, les colons Polynésiens ont trouvé une terre tempérée et géologiquement complexe recouverte de forêts peuplées d'une faune et d'une flore endémiques diverses. Ils savaient produire des récoltes et exploiter des sources alimentaires sauvages, mais devaient s'adapter rapidementà de nouvelles conditions marginalesà la production età de nouvelles possibilités technologiques. L'étude de cas Néo-Zélandaise permet de déterminer si les processus impliqués dans la création des phénomènes décrits par l'Anthropocène sont mondiaux, directionnels et inévitables, ou sont dusà des changements locauxà petiteéchelle liésà des formes particulières de production des Maoris età leur capacitéà construire des changements environnementaux. Mots-clés l'Anthropocène, Nouvelle-Zélande, Maori, Ahuahu TUHINGA WHAKARĀPOPOTÓ Ki te aro atu ki te ao whānui, he nohonga hou a Aotearoa. Nā tēnā, he when...

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Jack Golson, Roger Green and debates in New Zealand archaeology

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2020

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Discussion in settler New Zealand concerning the Maori past has gone on for more than 150 years. To a large extent, archaeological approaches to this issue date only to the arrival of Jack Golson, a Cambridge-trained archaeologist, at the University of Auckland in 1954. He was joined shortly afterwards by Roger Green from Harvard. Debates between Golson and Green, bringing both European and American approaches to bear within a culture historical framework, have been influential. Their work and subsequent critiques are reviewed, along with an assessment of how New Zealand archaeologists currently interpret the archaeological record of change and development within Maori culture.

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Matakawau Stingray Point Pa excavation, Ahuahu Great Mercury Island 1955–56

Cited by 4 publications

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A Comparison of Volumetric Reconstruction Methods of Archaeological Deposits Using Point-Cloud Data from Ahuahu, Aotearoa New Zealand

A Comparison of Volumetric Reconstruction Methods of Archaeological Deposits Using Point-Cloud Data from Ahuahu, Aotearoa New Zealand

Māori settlement of New Zealand: The Anthropocene as a process

Jack Golson, Roger Green and debates in New Zealand archaeology

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