ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE SCREENING
NEW PLYMOUTH
1 DECEMBER, 2004
SILENT
NORTH OTAGO ROCK SHELTER SURVEY, FEB 1967, 9.25
Amateur silent film from Canterbury Museum. Several people arrive in the
country to study caves and various sites. Pan shots of area show very rocky
countryside. Various shots of people tracing rock drawings, carrying out
excavation work, photography and other activities......
SOUND ITEMS
IMPORTANT FIND OF MOA BONES, 1950, 3.10
In a North Canterbury swamp an expedition from the Canterbury Museum is
excavating Moa bones, a large flightless bird which roamed New Zealand in
prehistoric times....New Zealand Mirror No.2
TREASURE OF PYRAMID VALLEY 1951 10.30
In 1937 a North Canterbury farmer Joseph Hodgen and his son Rob, discovered
moa bones in a swamp on their property at Pyramid Valley. Dr Roger Duff
leads a team from the Canterbury Museum to unearth the bones, dating back to
1600 BC....
Pictorial Parade 76, 1958, 3.39
Digging - Who Were the Moa - Hunters? At the Waitaki River, South Canterbury
archaeologists research the origins of the moa hunters....
New Zealand Mirror No.14 (extract) 3.00
The Buried Village: Aerial views of Lake Tarawera, stills & drawings of the
eruption which occured on the night of June 10th, 1886. ...
Today tourists are shown the relics of what remains of that small community.
The whare of the tohunga who predicted the eruption 3 days prior to it
happening still stands. Of special interst is the pataka because of the very
rare examples of Maori carving in stone. Excavations are continuing and many
european artefacts eg. plates, face cream pot, a ham, a childs toy, a bowler
hat - all partly calcified from the volcanic dust are still being
discovered.
Pictorial Parade 109 (extract) 1960 3.45
Southernmost New Zealand - Students in Stewart Island: Students from the
Dunedin Teachers College spend time on the Island as part of their science
course. Some of the group leave Half Moon Bay on an archaeological
expedition.........
PICTORIAL PARADE 140, 1963, 4.24
Westport - Caves on the Coast. A team from Canterbury Museum, Ron Scarlet
and Owen Wilkes, are led inland from Charleston by John Curry, the finder of
some caves of special interest to geologists.....
CONTACT: CHINAMAN'S GOLD, 1981, 21.09
Archaeological study of the site of Chinese miners in the Clutha Valley in
the mid nineteenth century. Archaeologist Neville Ritchie spends ten weeks
on site and around the township of Cromwell with his team.....