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== Palmer, John Bruce 1923-1974 ==
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Bruce Palmer was a stalwart of Wellington archaeology in the 1950s and 60s from the position of lecturer in Polynesian studies at Wellington  Teachers' College. He moved on from there to Director of the Fiji Museum where he undertook research himself, aided the research of many others as well as performing the management role there for ten years. Bruce returned to Auckland after a short period at the East-West centre in Hawiaii. He died suddenly in Auckland shortly after his return.
  
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He served as co-editor of the Journal of the Polynesian Society and was President of the [[NZAA|New Zealand Archaeological Association]] in 1958-59 and a council member before that.
  
== Palmer, John Bruce 1923-1974 ==
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His papers are in the Auckland Museum Library.
  
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'''Obituaries'''
  
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Bruce Biggs 1975 Asian Perspectives, XVIII(1), [http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/16826/AP-v18n1-obit.pdf?sequence=1 online]
  
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Roger Green  1974 Obituary: John Bruce Palmer, 1923-1974. JPS  Volume 83, No. 4, p 459-460 [http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_83_1974/Volume_83,_No._4/Obituary%3A_John_Bruce_Palmer,_1923-1974,_p_459-460/p1 online]
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'''Bibliography'''
 
'''Bibliography'''
  
JPS editorials and reviews and Fiji oreinted publications can be seen in the Biggs Obituary
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JPS editorials, reviews and Fiji oriented publications can be seen listed in the Biggs obituary.
  
1965b Notes on Maori sites in eastern Wellington Harbour. IPS 65(4):  342-355.  
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1956 Notes on Maori sites in eastern Wellington Harbour. JPS 65(4):  342-355.  
1957a  The Maori Kotaha. IPS 66(2):  175-191.  
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1957a  The Maori Kotaha. JPS 66(2):  175-191.
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1958b  Tattoo in transition.  JPS  57:  387-393.  
  
1958b  Tattoo in transition.  IPS  57:  387-393.
 
 
1959  Maori  sites in Queen Charlotte Sound. NZAAN 2(4): 12-15.  
 
1959  Maori  sites in Queen Charlotte Sound. NZAAN 2(4): 12-15.  
1960a Wellington Teachers' College Archaeological Club.  NZAAN 3(4): 27.  
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1960b  Review:  The  Great Harbour  of Tara. IPS  69(2):  172-174.
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1960 Wellington Teachers' College Archaeological Club.  NZAAN 3(4):27.  
A  modified  review of the  above  book from the  geographical  point of view
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was  published  in the  New Zealand  Geographer  of this  year.
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1961  Some  aspects of New Zealand  field archaeology.  JPS 70(4): 466-469.  
1961  Some  aspects of New Zealand  field archaeology.  IPS 70(4): 466-469.  
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1962  Clay pipe dating. NZAAN 5(3): 192-193.  
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1962  Clay pipe dating. NZAAN 5(3):192-193.  
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1963a  Dating shell middens-a South  Africa  method for  relative  dating. NZAAN  
 
1963a  Dating shell middens-a South  Africa  method for  relative  dating. NZAAN  
6(2): 112-114.  '
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6(2):112-114.   
1963b  
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1963c
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1963b Maori  sites in Fitzroy.  NZAAN 6(3):125-134.  
1963d
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1964a
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1965a  Maori  arts  and  crafts.  Oxford New Zealand  Encyclopaedia, pp. 219-222.  
1964b
 
1964c
 
Maori  sites in Fitzroy.  NZAAN 6(3): 125-134.  
 
Eastern Polynesian-type adzes  from  Tonga. IPS  72(3):  264-267.
 
Review:  Lords  of the  Blue Pacific. IPS  72(4):  425-427.
 
The  Fiji  museum. Hibiscus  Magazine 1(2).
 
Review:  The  New Zealand  Maori  in  Colour. JPS  73(1):  88-89.
 
Review:  Science in  Archaeology.  AP 8(1): 129-131.
 
BIGGS: John Bruce  Palmer
 
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1965a Archaeology in Fiji.  NZAAN 8(1): 3-5.
 
1965b Maori  arts  and  crafts.  Oxford New Zealand  Encyclopaedia, pp. 219-222.  
 
 
Wellington: Oxford University Press.  
 
Wellington: Oxford University Press.  
1965c Maori  home  life  and  recreation.  Oxford New Zealand  Encyclopaedia,  
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1965b Maori  home  life  and  recreation.  Oxford New Zealand  Encyclopaedia,  
 
pp.  226-229.  Wellington: Oxford University Press.  
 
pp.  226-229.  Wellington: Oxford University Press.  
1965d  Excavations at Karobo, Viti  Levu.  NZAAN 8(2): 26-34.
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1965e  Petroglyphs from Tonga. NZAAN 8(2): 34--38.
 
 
1966a  Maori religious  movements. New Zealand Encyclopaedia, vol.  2,  pp. 458-460.  
 
1966a  Maori religious  movements. New Zealand Encyclopaedia, vol.  2,  pp. 458-460.  
 
Wellington: Government Printer.  
 
Wellington: Government Printer.  
1966b  Biographies of nine famous Maoris in history (Toi,  Kupe,  Topeora, Te U  a,
 
Titokowaru,  Te Mamaku, Te Puea,  Te Whiti,  Ratana).  New Zealand
 
Encyclopaedia. Wellington: Government Printer.
 
  
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1966b  Biographies of nine famous Maoris in history (Toi,  Kupe,  Topeora, Te Ua, Titokowaru,  Te Mamaku, Te Puea,  Te Whiti,  Ratana).  New Zealand Encyclopaedia. Wellington: Government Printer.  These are online at http://www.matapihi.org.nz
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:34, 13 December 2011

Palmer, John Bruce 1923-1974

Bruce Palmer was a stalwart of Wellington archaeology in the 1950s and 60s from the position of lecturer in Polynesian studies at Wellington Teachers' College. He moved on from there to Director of the Fiji Museum where he undertook research himself, aided the research of many others as well as performing the management role there for ten years. Bruce returned to Auckland after a short period at the East-West centre in Hawiaii. He died suddenly in Auckland shortly after his return.

He served as co-editor of the Journal of the Polynesian Society and was President of the New Zealand Archaeological Association in 1958-59 and a council member before that.

His papers are in the Auckland Museum Library.


Obituaries

Bruce Biggs 1975 Asian Perspectives, XVIII(1), online

Roger Green 1974 Obituary: John Bruce Palmer, 1923-1974. JPS Volume 83, No. 4, p 459-460 online


Bibliography

JPS editorials, reviews and Fiji oriented publications can be seen listed in the Biggs obituary.

1956 Notes on Maori sites in eastern Wellington Harbour. JPS 65(4): 342-355.

1957a The Maori Kotaha. JPS 66(2): 175-191.

1958b Tattoo in transition. JPS 57: 387-393.

1959 Maori sites in Queen Charlotte Sound. NZAAN 2(4): 12-15.

1960 Wellington Teachers' College Archaeological Club. NZAAN 3(4):27.

1961 Some aspects of New Zealand field archaeology. JPS 70(4): 466-469.

1962 Clay pipe dating. NZAAN 5(3):192-193.

1963a Dating shell middens-a South Africa method for relative dating. NZAAN 6(2):112-114.

1963b Maori sites in Fitzroy. NZAAN 6(3):125-134.

1965a Maori arts and crafts. Oxford New Zealand Encyclopaedia, pp. 219-222. Wellington: Oxford University Press.

1965b Maori home life and recreation. Oxford New Zealand Encyclopaedia, pp. 226-229. Wellington: Oxford University Press.

1966a Maori religious movements. New Zealand Encyclopaedia, vol. 2, pp. 458-460. Wellington: Government Printer.

1966b Biographies of nine famous Maoris in history (Toi, Kupe, Topeora, Te Ua, Titokowaru, Te Mamaku, Te Puea, Te Whiti, Ratana). New Zealand Encyclopaedia. Wellington: Government Printer. These are online at http://www.matapihi.org.nz