Aerial Photography

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Aerial Photography

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Aerial photography has been used for archaeological purposes in New Zealand for site discovery, site level research and illustration.

An early pioneer was Geoff Fairfield. [1]. Kevin Jones has published on the history of the use of aerial photography in New Zealand archaeology. [2]

Much of the early photographic coverage of New zealand was by high altitude vertical photography which is of relatively limited use though often it will show sites such as pa. It is valuable in showing sites which no longer exist.

Local aerial photography pioneer Piet Van Asch [3](See DNZB article) took a particular interest in archaeologigy through aerial photography and cooperated with J D H Buchanan in photographing pa, which appeared in Buchanans book on Hawkes Bay [4].


References

  1. 1938 Puketutu Pa on Weekes' Island, Manukau Harbour. Journal of the Polynesian Society 47:119-28. View Full article here
  2. Jones Kevin L. 1996 Aerial Photography in New Zealand Archaeology. Australasian Historical Archaeology 14:25-33. On line
  3. Conly, G. 1986 Piet’s eye in the sky. Grantham House, Wellington.
  4. Buchanan, J D H 1973 The Maori History and Place Names of Hawkes Bay. edited D R Simmons, A H and A W Reed, Wellington.