What are Aotearoa’s most important archaeological sites? You tell us!

Maungakiekie One Tree Hill, 2008. Image: Russell Street.

Which of your favourite archaeological sites aren’t in Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is the first place students and the general public look to find out about archaeology in Aotearoa. But before the Archaeology Aotearoa project this year most of the major sites and discoveries weren’t mentioned in Wikipedia: nothing about the Palliser Bay work, no articles on the Anaweka or Rēkohu Chatham Islands waka, and so on. These have been fixed but there’s more to do. What should we work on?

They need to have a significant amount of published research about them, or coverage in the mainstream media—Wikipedia is a summary of already-published work. We’re looking for “textbook examples” or case studies you routinely point students or the media to.

Question: what are the canonical sites or discoveries that need Wikipedia articles? Scroll down to answer the second question!

Voting closes at 3pm on Thursday 2 July. The results will be announced at the New Zealand Archaeological Association conference dinner on Thursday 2 July. They will also be published in Archaeology in New Zealand.

Which are the sites you think all your colleagues will be recommending?