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Revision as of 13:21, 17 July 2012
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Archaeological Kitsch
Archaeological items of iconic status become the subject of modern copies and re-use of the imagery. New Zealand items are not immune.
Maori Rock Art
Rock drawings seem to have been particularly prone to this - borrowings appearing on fabrics, glassware, ceramics, postage stamps and even matchboxes. O'Regan discusses this use in the context of cultural property[1]. |
Scarves | |||
Glasses | |||
Enamelled Dishes | |||
Stamps | |||
Fabric / Carpet | |||
Ceramics | |||
Matchboxes | |||
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Furniture | |||
Wall Decorations Enamelled | |||
Wall Decorations Copper | |||
Wall Decorations Wood | |||
Clothing | |||
Jewellery | |||
Maori Other
Colonial
Barry Curtis Park in South Auckland has volcanic rock walls, reconstructed from a nearby farm site. The unfortunate result is what happens when landscape architecture captures archaeological reconstruction.
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Not Quite Archaeological
References
- ↑ O'Regan, G. 2008 The shifting place of Ngai Tahu rock art. in Sue O'Connor, Geoffrey Clark, Foss Leach (Eds), Islands of inquiry : colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Terra Australis 29 Accessed at http://epress.anu.edu.au/terra_australis/ta29/pdf/ch26.pdf