Below is a collection of 4 similar shaped pendant/amulets. The first is at Te Papa and is a well known example in bone from ....and said...

Below is a collection of photos all from Te Papa this time. They show an interesting array of pendants (Maukaki) mainly from the South...

The Canterbury Museum acquired the Frances Ryman Collection in an auction held by Webb’s auction house on Thursday 24 September 2009. The...

D'Urville Island Artefact Fig. 21 represents a human figure in soapstone from D'Urville Island. The suspension hole has been cut, not...

Many unusual artifacts that defy explanation have been found around NZ. The Okehu tribrach, The Kaiatia carving, The Korotangi, the...

Many may think we exist to provide information on interesting or controversial archaeological finds. However, that is only a sideline to...

Jim Eyles, whose family lived and farmed on the bar, discovered what has come to be described as the greatest archaeological find in New...

We all seem to be interested in the origins of the first ones in New Zealand, those that Maori said were here before them (until massive...

This article is drawn from an old journal from 1935 and written by Hori Makaire. I find it interesting because I have heard this story...

Hawaiian lore has long held that ancient voyagers came to Hawaii from what is now French Polynesia and then returned, time and again. In...