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A story submitted by Lauren to the QuakeStories website.
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Ruth Gardner's Blog 24/07/2012: Scenic Circuit
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 24 July 2012 entitled, "Scenic Circuit".
Ruth Gardner's Blog 22/02/2012: Mitigating the Memories
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 22 February 2012 entitled, "Mitigating the Memories".
Ruth Gardner's Blog 16/12/2011: Mother's Milestone
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 16 December 2011 entitled, "Mother's Milestone".
Ruth Gardner's Blog 22/02/2013: Commemorative Cones
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 22 February 2013 entitled, "Commemorative Cones".
Ruth Gardner's Blog 30/07/2011: Lost Landmarks
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 30 July 2011 entitled, "Lost Landmarks".
Ruth Gardner's Blog 29/05/2011: Deconsecration and Destruction
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 May 2011 entitled, "Deconsecration and Destruction".
Ruth Gardner's Blog 11/09/2011: Circling the City
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 September 2011 entitled, "Circling the City".
QuakeStory 74
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A story submitted by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman to the QuakeStories website.
Roz Johnson's Blog 03/03/2013: A Poignant Memorial
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An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 3 March 2013 entitled, "A Poignant Memorial".
Putting The Pieces Together
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Today on the blog we are discussing my favourite site of 2019. We already talked about part of the site’s history last fortnight on the blog- that it contained the store and offices for Walton, Warner and Co. and their … Continue reading →
Hotels, what versatile places!
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
It’s been a busy month for Underground Overground Archaeology as we’ve been actively involved in New Zealand Archaeology Week 2018 running displays, historical tours, and talks – all of them highly successful thanks to history and archaeology lovers across the … Continue reading →
‘Archaia’ and ‘Logos’, what even is archaeology?
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
The word archaeology comes from the Greek archaia (“ancient things”) and logos (“theory” or “science”). So, archaeologists study past societies through the material culture. In other words, we write the history analysing what people threw away or left behind. That’s … Continue reading →
Just kidding around
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Presenting a selection of children’s ceramic plates and cups excavated in Christchurch for your perusal, with commentary. Jessie Garland References Riley, Noel., 1991. Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children’s China, Part 1, 1790-1890. Richard Dennis, Somerset.
Displaying Wealth and Status in Buildings: Part One
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
The act of showing off wealth and status through material is a concept that has been happening throughout human history. This does not necessarily mean that the person had the wealth and status they were portraying, instead some people just … Continue reading →
70 years of quarantine: the archaeology of Ōtamahua/Quail Island
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Today Aotearoa continues to take tentative steps back into level 2 of the Covid-19 response, so you might think it strange that I would be voluntarily stepping back into quarantine. But we’re the stepping back into the history – all … Continue reading →
2017: The year that was
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Yet another year gone! It’s been a strange one, out there in the world, but here at Underground Overground it’s been a year of excavation, discoveries, stories and all things archaeological. In the proper spirit of history, let’s take a … Continue reading →
Displaying Wealth and Status in Buildings: Part One
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The act of showing off wealth and status through material is a concept that has been happening throughout human history. This does not necessarily mean that the person had the wealth and status they were portraying, instead some people just … Continue reading →
Jennifer Middendorf's Blog 27/07/2014: (Re) Openings
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An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 27 July 2014 entitled, "(Re) Openings".
QuakeStory 478
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A story submitted by Lisa Bevan to the QuakeStories website.
Ruth Gardner's Blog 19/05/2012: Cordon Cutback
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 19 May 2012 entitled, "Cordon Cutback".
Ruth Gardner's Blog 21/09/2011: Caring for the Convalescent
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 September 2011 entitled, "Caring for the Convalescent".
QuakeStory 117
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A story submitted by Haydon Wilson to the QuakeStories website.
Put this in your pipe and smoke it!
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
A few weeks ago, there was an interesting interview on Radio New Zealand with historian Jock Phillips, on the history of tobacco use in New Zealand. In the interview, Jock talked about the ways in which people consumed tobacco in … Continue reading →
Brewery to bonded store (or a tale involving beer, misfortune and the casu…
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
From Staffordshire pottery to American made glass-ware, we’ve come across artefacts from all over the world on archaeological sites here in Christchurch. This prevalence of internationally made artefacts, and what it means for the city’s history, is something that’s come … Continue reading ...
Good beard, bad beard, red beard, blue beard: facial hair in Victorian Chr…
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Part the First Movember is upon us once again, and to celebrate Undershaved Overgrown Archaeology brings to you a brief history of facial hair in Aotearoa. Movember is all about men’s health, and we’ve previously covered health in the blog … Continue reading →
A Curry Paste Jar, a Keepsake, a Symbol of British Colonialism
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Hello loyal blog readers, welcome back to another year of posts on the history and archaeology of 19th century Christchurch. I thought we’d start the year off by looking back at one of our more interesting finds from the very … Continue reading →
Anecdotes from the appraisalists
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Call us appraisalists, historical researchers, or even cyber archaeologists. Most of our day consists of using a wide variety of historical material to pull together the histories of sites around Canterbury (and to make sure those archaeologists in the field … Continue reading →
Cleanliness and Quality Combined
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
It came as a bit of a surprise when over 1000 fragments of broken stoneware jars were unearthed at an otherwise ordinary Christchurch archaeological site. But there, sitting under some old petrol tanks, was Christchurch history waiting to be found.What … Continue reading →
Blowing smoke: clay pipes, advertising and other things in the 19th century
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
As the study of human history, it comes as no surprise that archaeology can be an exercise in contradictions. Humans are, after all, complex and paradoxical creatures. From a material culture perspective, one of the most obvious and frustrating incongruities … Continue reading →