Department of Anthropology & Archaeolgy
An interdisciplinary Social Science department in the Division of Humanities, we study human society from prehistory to the present.
Congratulations to Prof Charles Higham for receiving Marsden funding for the project The Passage of Time: Dating the Prehistory of Southern China and Southeast Asia. This proposal will lay the foundations for an accurate overall chronology that charts the major transitions: the Neolithic revolution, the adoption of bronze casting, development of complex chiefdoms and finally, the origins of the civilizations.
The 2011 Seminar Series has now finished. For a full list of previous seminars
Molly George, PhD student, interview in Aging Horizons Bulletin. Click for link to interview.
Dr Ian Barber, interview on RadioNZ about Carved Kopi Trees on Chatham Island. Click for link to interview.
Emma McGuirk, PhD student, radio play aired at on Sunday 10th April, on Radio NZ.Click for link to story.
Dr Gautam Ghosh, radio interviewClick for link to interview.
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