

Sidestep: The Lapita and the Polynesians...
Pacific Voyages Water crossing by modern humans People living in Near Oceania had highly developed artistic and linguistic abilities, as...
MD
Jul 27, 2016


Sidestep: Incised Rock
I'm often skeptical of people seeing things in every rock that hasn't got a smooth surface. I might need counceling! But in all...
MD
Jul 23, 2016


64: The Wairau Bar Skeletons
The Wairau Bar is a gravel bar formed where the Wairau River meets the sea in Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, north-eastern South Island, New...
IJ
Jul 21, 2016


Sidestep: Waitaha Artefacts
We've all heard the name Waitaha. Some say they were here before Maori and were a group of many pre-Polynesian ancients. Regardless,...
IJ
Jul 17, 2016


63: Rēkohu & Rangiaotea Island artefacts
On 19th March we posted up a drawing of an artefact found on Chatham Island (Rekohu). The item was unusual but the pattern on it...
IJ
Jul 14, 2016


Sidestep: Unusual tool
An unexpected historical find in 2013 has highlighted the efforts of a documentary-making dive team where a member of the team discovered...
MD
Jul 12, 2016


Sidestep: Okiwi bay artefact
Okiwi Bay is in the news recently and it reminded me to post up this unusual 'patu'. Marlborough Sounds have been the source of some very...
IJ
Jul 10, 2016


62: A little helper
You've all seen WALL.E, that adorable little robot character from the movies... Well, now meet RODN.E our new deep dirt reconnaissance...
MD
Jul 7, 2016


61a: Well, maybe a little bit more
It's official - this is going to take much longer. Around the bend we were aiming for, we can now see...damn it - more dirt! When this is...
MD
Jul 5, 2016


61: Not much more....
We've decided to post less regularly on this site until we are in. Firstly, because of the time it takes to research material, secondly...
IJ
Jun 18, 2016









































