Excavations

In this section I wish to note those exercises in archaeological field work which involved controlled excavation techniques. Thus Knapp and Teviotdale, both of whom recovered material from the earth, are not included since their methods were closer to fossicking than to modern archaeological excavations.

Few excavations have been undertaken in Tasman Bay, but these few have been of particular interest. Don Millar (1964, 1971) has published an excavation report on an Archaic site at Tahunanui and shorter notes have been published relating to excavations at Rotokura (Millar, 1967; Butts, 1978) and Anapai (Wilkes at. al., 1963). Walls is preparing a report on an excavation at the Glen site at Whakapuaka.