NZAA Conference 2012

Oamaru

27-30 June

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Sponsors

The New Zealand Archaeological Association acknowledges the support of the following sponsors:

Archaeology Solutions Ltd

Clough and Associates Ltd

CFG Heritage Ltd

Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago

Southern Pacific Archaeological Research

Cover photograph:

Sketch of Oamaru in 1859, courtesy Angela Middleton


Programme

Venue: Kingsgate Hotel Brydone Oamaru

115 Thames Street

Lindis and Moeraki rooms

Wednesday 27 June
Morning / 11:00 - 12:30 / Registration and conference opening
Lunch / 12:30 - 1:30
Afternoon / 1:30 - 5:30 / Papers
Welcome function / 5:30 - 7:00 / Wine and nibbles at The Loan & Mercantile Ltd. Directions from the Kingsgate Hotel:
1. Head south on Thames St toward Steward St - 400 m
2. Turn left onto Itchen St - 96 m
3. Turn right onto Tyne St - 240 m
4. Take the 2nd left onto Wansbeck St. The Loan and Mercantile is on the left - 68 m.

Thursday 28 June
Morning / 8:30 - 12:30 / Papers
Lunch / 12:30 - 1:30
Afternoon / 1:30 - 5:30 / Papers and posters
Friday 10 June
Day / 9:00 - 4:00 approximately / Field trip
Evening / Free time
Saturday 29 June
Morning / 8:30 - 12:30 / Papers and AGM
Lunch / 12:30 - 1:30
Afternoon / 1:30 - 5:00 / Papers
Evening / 7:00 - late / Conference dinner, Riverstone Kitchen, 1431 State Highway 1, Oamaru

The conference dinner will be held at Riverstone Kitchen on Saturday 29 June. Bus transport to and from the Kingsgate Hotel to Riverstone Kitchen will be provided, departing the Kingsgate Hotel at 6:30pm. If you wish to take advantage of this, please let Rosie Geary Nichol know.

Exhibition

NZAA, in conjunction with the North Otago Museum, New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Ngai Tahu and Waitaha, has organised a small exhibition about archaeology in North Otago. This exhibition has been timed to coincide with the NZAA conference.
Papers timetable

Wednesday 27 June
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Chair: Emma Brooks /

SESSION 1

1:30 - 1:50 / Ian Smith, Angela Middleton, Jessie Garland, and Naomi Woods / Archaeology at the Hohi Mission Station, Bay of Islands.
1:50 - 2:10 / Caroline Phillips and Ben Thorne / Lost marbles and a lewd figurine: Archaeology of Grantham Street
2:10 - 2:30 / Peter Petchey / The stamper battery: Man and machine
2:30 - 3:00 / Angela Middleton / Oamaru: A short cocktail of history and archaeology
3:00 - 3:30 / Discussion
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm / Afternoon tea
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Chair: Ian Smith /

SESSION 2

4:00 - 4:20 / Jessie Garland / A healthy lot: The archaeology of medical care in 19th century Otago through the case of the St Bathans Cottage Hospital
4:20 - 4:40 / Matt Schmidt / A bakery and a power scheme: The Bendigo and Bullendale preservation projects
4:40 - 5:00 / Cathy Barr / Robinson Farmstead, Macraes: Preliminary discussion of excavations
5:00 - 5:30 / Discussion
Thursday 28 June
8:30 am - 10:15 am
Chair: Caroline Phillips /

SESSION 3

8:30 - 8:50 / Matt Schmidt and Dean Whānga / The Southland Coastal Heritage Inventory Project (SCHIP): Kaitiaki Monitoring Programme
8:50 - 9:10 / Joanna Wylie / Working for Europe’s largest archaeological archive: The London approach to the curation, research and promotion of archaeology
9:10 - 9:30 / Amber Aranui / Discussion paper on the archaeological collections held at Te Papa Tongarewa
9:30 - 9:50 / Makere Rika-Heke / M.I.A Māori in Action: The archaeology of Māori resistance in the Waikato 1863-1864
9:50 - 10:15 / Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am / Morning tea
10:45 am - 12:30 pm
Chair: Matt Schmidt /

SESSION 4

10:45 - 11:05 / Katharine Watson and Frank van der Heijden / Christchurch earthquake archaeology: A year on
11:05 - 11:25 / Nick Cable / Advances in GIS predictive modeling for cultural heritage management (NZ Transport Agency/Opus)
11:25 - 11:45 / Matt Carter and Andy Dodd / Maritime archaeology in New Zealand: Trials, tribulations and opportunities
11:45 - 12:05 / Eleanor Crosby / Aspects of the prehistory of the Yugumbeh-speaking clans of Southeast Queensland: A brief overview of 25 years consulting work.
12:05 - 12:30 / Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm / Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Chair: Simon Bickler / SESSION 5
1:30 – 1:50 / Kane Ditchfield / Measuring human movement from a basalt adze manufacturing assemblage on Moturakau, Aitutaki
1:50 – 2:10 / Karolyn Buhring / Ceramic production and inter-island interaction: Characterisation of Lapita ceramics from the Western Solomon Islands by means of portable x-ray fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy
2:10 - 2:30 / Valerie Campbell / New insights into Lapita lithics and settlement strategies, from the early Fijian landfall site, Bourewa
2:30 – 3:00 / Richard Walter / Recent archaeological work in the Solomon Islands
3:00 - 3:30 / Discussion
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm / Afternoon tea
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm /

SESSION 6 POSTER SESSION

Saturday 11 June

8:30 am - 10:15 am
Chair: Matthew Campbell /

SESSION 7

8:30 - 8:50 / Dan Witter / Review of Rakaia River Mouth moa hunter site
8:50 - 9:10 / To be announced
9:30 - 9:50 / Gerard O'Regan / Tapu and rock art: An intra-site analysis of the Takiroa and Maerewhenua rock art shelters, North Otago.
9:10 - 9:30 / Tiffany James Lee / Models of subsistence and settlement in north-eastern New Zealand - review and update
9:50 - 10:15 / Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am / Morning tea
10:45 am - 12:30 pm /

AGM

10:45 - 12:30 / AGM
12:30 pm - 1.30 pm / Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Chair: Chris Jacomb /

SESSION 8

1:30 - 1:50 / Rod Wallace / Reassessing the radiocarbon chronology of the Maioro site (r13/1): Northern Waikato, New Zealand
1:50 - 2:10 / Louise Furey / Harbour of plenty: Analysis of shell midden from Opoutere
2:10 - 2:30 / Mark McCoy / A history of pā construction in the Bay of Islands: Results from the 2012 season of the Northland Archaeological Project
2:30 - 3:00 / Alex Jorgensen, Simon Holdaway, Thegn Ladefoged, Rebecca Phillips, Rod Wallace, and Louise Furey / The Great Mercury Island/Ahuahu Archaeological Research Project: An introduction
3:00 - 3:30 / Discussion
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm / Afternoon tea
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Chair: Louise Furey /

SESSION 9

4:00 – 4:20 / Elisabeth Matisoo-Smith, Michael Knapp, K. Ann Horsburgh, Stefan Prost, Jo–Ann Stanton, Hallie Buckley, and Richard Walter / Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences from the first New Zealanders: Ancient DNA from Wairau Bar
4:20– 4:40 / Garry Law / DNA and History
4:40 – 5:00 / Vanessa Tanner, Leah McCurdy, and Malcolm Paterson / Whenua tuku iho - managing an ancestral archaeological landscape, Ōtakanini Tōpū, South Kaipara Peninsula
5:00 - 5:30 / Discussion


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