Critical evaluation of current issues in the archaeology of New Zealand’s past.
This paper offers students new and stimulating archaeological insights into the origins, development, identities and interactions of the Māori, Moriori, and later settler peoples of New Zealand. Case studies range across the New Zealand archipelago, including the Chatham Islands. The course considers when, where, and how the first Polynesians and their accompanying plants and animals were transferred from the tropics into the colder lands of temperate New Zealand as well as the impacts of those new arrivals on New Zealand's native fauna and flora. We explore the ways in which society, economy, ideology, patterns of settlement and exchange developed as Polynesians first colonised the diverse New Zealand islands, from the subtropical far north to the subpolar south. We then consider the archaeology of the more recent historical past in New Zealand. We examine changes in Māori culture, society and economy, and the arrival and emergence of other cultural traditions during the 19th century.
| Paper title | Advanced New Zealand Archaeology |
|---|---|
| Paper code | ANTH430 |
| Subject | Anthropology |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2
(Distance learning)
Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,655.16 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 72 300-level ARCH or ANTH points
- Restriction
- ARCH 304, ANTH 330
- Limited to
- BA(Hons), PGDipArts, MA(Coursework), MArchP
- Notes
- May not be credited together with ANTH309 passed in 2011 or 2012.
- Contact
- More information link
Please visit the Programme of Archaeology
- Teaching staff
Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Ian Barber
Contributing Lecturers:
- Isaac McIvor
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught remotely.
- Textbooks
Furey, L. & Holdaway, S.J. (ed.) 2004. Change Through Time: 50 years of New Zealand Archaeology. NZAA Monograph 26.
Campbell, M., Holdaway, S.J. & Macready, S. (ed.) 2013. Finding our Recent Past: Historical Archaeology in New Zealand. Auckland: NZAA Monograph 29.
- Course outline
- Will be available on Blackboard at the beginning of the course.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Cultural understanding, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
On completion of this paper students will gain:
- Subject knowledge of core issues and case studies in New Zealand archaeology;
- Improved understanding of the processes, impacts, interactions and identities associated with the human colonisation of New Zealand;
- A new appreciation and understanding of current specialist analysis in New Zealand archaeological research.
