Buchanan John D H

J. D. H. Buchanan 1902-1961

MA(Cantab.) BSc. John Duncan Henry Buchanan was a schoolmaster and for a time headmaster of Hereworth School in Havelock North. He was the Royal Society representative on the Historic Places Trust Board from its inception in 1955. He was the primary creator of the New Zealand Archaeological Association site recording scheme, working on this over several years leading up to its 1958 launch. Scarlett (1958) reporting a talk he gave gives some of the rationale Buchanan used in devising the scheme.

Buchanan was also an archaeological field recorder and a traditional historian. The output from that work was published posthumously (Buchanan 1973).

Jones (1996:10) notes Buchanan as having an influence in raising the interest of New Zealand Aerial Mapping in photographing pa. There are fine examples in Buchanan's book.

Buchanan, J D H 1973 The Maori History and Place Names of Hawkes Bay. edited D R Simons, A H and A W Reed, Wellington.

Jones, Kevin L 1996 The development of aerial photography in New Zealand archaeology. AARGnews 13:7-13. Paper online

Scarlett, R J 1958 Talks at Whanganui conference. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 1(4):2-3.