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== Richard Cassels ==
[[Image:Rc.jpg|framed|right|Richard Cassels]]
Richard is a graduate in archaeology from Cambridge University and was appointed to a lectureship in [[University of Auckland|Auckland University]] in the tradition of such appointments: [[Golson Jack|Golson]], Shawcross and Bellwood. In his time at Auckland he specialised in economic archaeology and a series of research projects and papers followed.

His subsequent career took him to museums, directing [[Otago Museum]], the West Australian Museum - Maritime and as a divisional manager in the Queensland Museum - Brisbane.

More recently he has been an environmental activist in Brisbane and is the Director of Climate Leadership - an Honorary Reserach Fellow at Griffith University.


=== External Sources ===


Griffith University Staff profile http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-commerce/asia-pacific-centre-for-sustainable-enterprise/staff/richard-cassels

Edmund Rice Network Oceania http://www.edmundrice.org/The-Real-Climate-Debate

Puke Ariki story about Kaupokonui http://www.pukeariki.com/Research/TaranakiResearchCentre/TaranakiStories/TaranakiStory/id/586/title/moa-hunting-ground-reveals-past.aspx


=== Bibliography ===

1972 Human ecology in the prehistoric Waikato, Journal of the Polynesian Society 81(2):196-247.

1972 Locational analysis of prehistoric settlement in New Zealand. Mankind 8:212-222.

1976 NZAA Seminar Nelson March 1976 A report. NZAA Newsletter 19(2) 73-85.

1979 Early prehistoric wooden artefacts from the Waitore Site (N136.16), near Patea, Taranaki. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology  1:85-108.

1984 The role of prehistoric man in the faunal extinctions of new Zealand and other Pacific Islands. In P S Martin and R G Klein eds, Quaternary extinctions: A prehistoric revolution. Arizona University Press, Tuscon: 741-767.

and  Kevin L Jones, A Walton and Trevor H Worthy 1988 Late prehistoric subsistence practices at Parawanui, Lower Rangitikei River, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology  10:109-128.

and A. Walton	1991	Excavation of a small settlement site (Q22/21) near Waverley, South Taranaki. Archaeology in New Zealand	34(4): 186–201

and A. Walton 1992 Some historical agricultural features near Waverley, South Taranaki.	Archaeology in New Zealand 35(2): 101–108

Coster J and R Cassels 1979 Archaeology in the north: A weekend seminar. NZAA Newsletter 22(3):122-127.

Fox, A and R J S Cassels 1983 Excavations at Aotea, Waikato, 1972-75. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. v.20:65-106.

'''Unpublished'''

1975 Julienne Stretton and Richard J. Cassels  Whangaruru North Head Archaeological Survey.

1981 Archaeology in the Bay of Islands Historic and Maritime Park.


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