Avant-garde archaeology
Friday, 25 October 2019
Professor Richard Walter and Dr Karen Greig (Archaeology) share an interest in past interactions between people, animals and their environment.
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Lives of early Dunedinites revealed after excavation
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
They ate oysters, they probably had pet cats and their feet were small. Fragments of the lives of late 19th century Dunedin people who lived and worked on the site of the University’s Dental School have been revealed in a major archaeological excavation.
Community-based cultural heritage conservation in Melanesia
Friday, 27 September 2019
In the Solomon Islands SPAR worked in partnership with The Nature Conservancy where we have developed cultural heritage conservation modules.
Managing the effects of climate change on New Zealand's coastal heritage
Thursday, 27 September 2018
The world’s coastal heritage is under severe threat of destruction from a range of natural processes and human activities.
Kurī dog genomes reveal Pacific history
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Sequencing the genome of the kurī dog has sparked an increasing interest in the Pacific's first dogs.
Forming a broader picture of New Zealand’s lost world through fossil bone DNA
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
New Zealand’s unique and relatively short history coupled with new and revealing techniques examining ancient DNA from fossil bone fragments has provided insights around the impact of humans on the environment.
Old Māori village discovered by Otago archaeologists
Thursday, 31 May 2018
A group of University of Otago archaeologists have uncovered the peripheries of a 14th century Māori village in Gisborne.
14th century village discovered
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
One news reports on the discovery of a 14th century village in Gisborne. SPAR Director Richard Walter provided research expertise.
Aotearoa's first industry
Thursday, 1 March 2018
The Māori toolkit was dominated by flaked stone tools, which were replaced in the nineteenth century by iron tools. Māori craft specialists were highly proficient adze makers, and they sourced stone over a wide geographical area.
