Sandy Bay
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Sandy Bay, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands
Summary
Location and Date
The site is one of the best landing site on the island group, being a soft shore and relatively sheltered.
Type
Beach settlement site with midden.
Excavators
Atholl Anderson
Field Crew: Steve Bagley, Kevin Jones, Nigel Prickett, Geoff Walls, Chris Edkins, Mana Stratton
Post excavation analysis: Ian Smith, Richard Walter, Rod Wallace,Katherine Szabo, Alan Tennyson
Artefacts
Basalt and chert flakes were the only artefacts relibly associatied with the prehistoric settlement. Ohte European originated material was found but is intrusive. Some earlier surface collecting had been connected to the e
Publications
Web Resource
The Mystery Islands of South Polynesia Bibliography of Prehistoric Settlement on Norfolk Island, the Kermadecs, Lord Howe, and the Auckland Islands [1]
Bibliography
Anderson, Atholl J. "Subpolar Settlement in South Polynesia." Antiquity 79.306 (2005): 791-800.
Anderson, Atholl J., and Gerard R. O'Regan. "The Maori Archaeology of Southern Rakiura." Southern Margins Project Report. Dunedin: Ngai Tahu Development Report, 1999.
Anderson, Atholl J., and Gerard R. O'Regan. "The Polynesian Archaeology of the Subantarctic Islands: An Initial Report on Enderby Island." Southern Margins Project Report. Dunedin: Ngai Tahu Development Report, 1999.
Anderson, Atholl J. Prehistoric Archaeology in the Auckland Islands: New Zealand Subantarctic Region. Wellington: Dept. of Conservation, 2003. 28p.
Anderson, Atholl J., and Gerard R. O'Regan. "To the Final Shore: Prehistoric Colonisation of the Subantarctic Islands in South Polynesia." Australian Archaeologist: Collected Papers in Honour of Jim Allen. Canberra: Australian National University, 2000. 440-454.
Dingwall, Paul, Kevin Jones and Rachael Egerton (eds) In Care of the Southern Ocean, NZAA Monograph 27. [2]
