

183: The Pit Dwellers of the Pelorus
Here is a little more on the pit dwelling of Pelorus (in Marlborough) we alluded to in the last post 28th August 2021. As late as 1860,...
IJ
Mar 19, 2022


R.I.P - Maurice Tyson
With Maurice Tyson now gone, (he died on 25th September 2021 a few weeks before I could get back to see him) some of the secrets he held...
IJ
Mar 5, 2022


182: The Tamil Bell (2)- a different angle
The appearance in the roots of a coastal tree, of a bell with Tamil lettering, is no direct indication at all that Tamilians went...
IJ
Feb 19, 2022


Sidestep: More evidence of South American contact?
Academics do not believe that anyone from South or North American continents travelled into the Pacific. That may indeed be true of the...
IJ
Feb 5, 2022


181: Fijian Migrations
At some stage, about 2000 years before the birth of Christ, a canoe load of adventurous “Lapita” sailors either deliberately set out to...
YM
Jan 22, 2022


Sidestep: Fijian Migrations (a pattern of those to Aotearoa)
At some stage, about 4000 years ago, a canoe load of adventurous “Lapita” sailors either deliberately set out to the east or were driven...
IJ
Jan 8, 2022


180: The Kawerau
Merry Christmas I was thinking about the perforated tooth I found in the far north many years ago, associated with a burial that was...
IJ
Dec 25, 2021


Sidestep: Melanesia, Marlborough and Rangitane
Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen came from a landowning family of Baltic Germans with a tradition of service to the Russian...
IJ
Dec 11, 2021


179: Melanesian/Polynesian differences
All the official evidence is that Polynesians got to NZ first. Most artifacts shown in museums seem to support this and it is very clear...
IJ
Nov 27, 2021


Sidestep : LiDAR in archaeological sites
Imagine what a LiDAR survey of the entire country could reveal. Especially in Kaiatia, the Waikato coastline, parts of the Taranaki...
IJ
Nov 14, 2021