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Post Quake
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Post Quake
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Beckenham
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IMG_1062
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File reference: CCL-2012-04-05 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
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File reference: CCL-2012-04-05 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Town
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File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0256 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Demolition
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File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0224 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Town
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File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0258 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Derelict Buildings
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Worcester St
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Demolition of the BNZ building
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This will open up the street to the Avon River
Cashel St High st corner
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Looking east up Cashel St
At South Brighton
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Flipping Fried Eggs
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Retired Aircraft Engineer, Corporal Colin Creighton, No. 41 Squadron, RNZAF recounts his experiences serving during the American Vietnam war.
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 →
No poo in the sewers, please…
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
In previous blog posts we’ve touched upon the smells of 19th century Christchurch and how, in the absence of an organised sewerage and rubbish disposal system, early Christchurch was, at the best of times, a dirty old town. Inadequate drainage … Continue reading →
A tale of two suburbs: the story (and the man) behind the naming of Sydenh…
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Should you have been so fortunate, while wandering the streets of 1860s Christchurch, to find yourself north of the square, you may have come across an establishment bearing the name of Sydenham House and containing within its walls all manner of … Continue reading →
Patterns of succession
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
When we are recording a standing structure we might be lucky enough to discover wallpaper hidden behind plasterboard or tucked under skirtings. In some houses we can find layers of wallpaper, each revealing a stylistic period. While many of the … Continue reading →
Frequently asked questions #2
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Continuing on from our last FAQ post, here are the answers to a few more of the questions we face regularly here in Christchurch. 1) Are you doing this for a school project? Yes, seriously. This gets asked more often … Continue reading →
French Farm: an archaeologist’s observations*
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
After a couple of weeks off from the blog, we thought it’d be a good idea to give you a run-down of what we learnt at French Farm. These are preliminary observations only, and could well change as we do … Continue reading →
Gender matters
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Gender matters. And it’s complicated, which is why writing this blog post has been particularly difficult. Why is it so complicated, from an archaeological standpoint? Well, let me try and explain. Historical archaeology developed as a discipline in the mid-20th … Continue reading →
In which breakfast is discussed and many pictures of food are shown
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Breakfast. In this day and age it can consist of anything from a cup of coffee or a piece of toast to a full fry up. We eat it on the run (guilty!), over the newspaper (or smartphone, increasingly), at … Continue reading →
Life Before Plastic: Packaging
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Last time on the blog we introduced our Life Before Plastic blog series, and today we’re continuing the series by discussing packaging. A lot of what we find in the archaeological record are containers, which are a form of packaging. … Continue reading →
Life Before Plastic: An Introduction
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
‘Rubbish’ is the most common thing we find on our 19th century archaeological sites. I have ‘rubbish’ in quotation marks because to us what we find isn’t rubbish, it’s the material evidence of what life was like in the early … Continue reading →
Stay classy, Christchurch
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Class is a complicated concept, historically and in the present day. It’s difficult to define, somewhat ephemeral, and yet so clearly there in our societies and our cultures. For better or for worse, social stratification has been part of human … Continue reading →