Learnz archaeology in Aotearoa New Zealand

Tātai Aho Rau Core Education

The following questions are answered by archaeologist Andrew Blanshard in this LEARNZ web conference about archaeology and heritage conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand. 1. How did archaeologists know where to start looking for the pieces of history in the first place? 2. What kind of tools do archaeologist use? What is the purpose of the red and white ruler in the picture? 3. When did the archaeologists find moa bones? 4. How did they carve the obsidian rock & shells? 5. What were the ‘oral traditions’ held by Ngāti Kuta? 6. Where did the archaeologists find the pāua shell? 7. Why did they make fishhooks and tools out of shells and obsidian rocks? 8. What tools did they make? And why did they change? 9. Was it hard for the early Polynesian people to adapt to New Zealand’s climate? What did they use to make clothing? 10. What does it mean that ‘One-piece fishhooks as a tool become less prominent through time’?