144: Deep Underground
The finding of Stone Implements Dozens of Feet below the Surface points back Thousands of Years. We have presented artifacts from time to...
IJ
Jan 10, 2020
Sidestep: How our way of life changes our bones
From the emergence of a spiky growth at the back of some people’s skulls to the enigmatic finding that our elbows are getting narrower,...
IJ & YM
Jan 3, 2020
143: Dig Update
The last dig was to look at the wall of natural fill that we uncovered. This fill is different to what we had been digging through and...
IJ
Dec 27, 2019
Sidestep: Malden Island - Poly, Mela or Micronesian?
Malden Island (Terapukatea) is at the eastern end of the Line Islands part of Kiribati. The island is part of Micronesia bordering...
MD
Dec 21, 2019
142: Denying the indigenous past
In 2004 a paper was written by Dr Graham EL Holton called : "Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki Theory and the Denial of the Indigenous Past". The...
IJ, MD & YM
Dec 13, 2019
Sidestep: Giant of Castelnau
The expression "Giant of Castelnau" refers to three bone fragments (a humerus, tibia, and femoral mid-shaft) discovered by Georges Vacher...
MD
Dec 6, 2019
141: Whaorei Bay Excavation
We found an article on an excavation of a site on the Coromandel Peninsula. Something stood out which is unexplained in the article. It...
MD
Nov 29, 2019
Sidestep: The Pouto (2)
Our first post on Pouto was way back on 1st May 2016. It was specifically about the carved pou. About the time of writing it we thought...
IJ & MD
Nov 22, 2019
140: Dig Update
The latest dig involved a new system of fill disposal and for the first time involved using two sleds due to the distances within the...
IJ
Nov 15, 2019
Editorial #6: Colonialism
Modern Colonies This post and the previous one on racism have nothing to do with our dig...until we reveal what we find. They are just...
YM & MD
Nov 8, 2019
