Archaeology at Fisher Road
Fisher Road, Mt Wellington
This rescue excavation was undertaken by the Historic Places Trust in 1985 in advance of industrial development of the site. The site no longer exists. The investigators were Russell Foster and Brenda Sewell. Three nearby sites were investigated R11/887, /888, and /899.
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One of the Historic Places Trust Prehistory in Auckland brochures was issued about the excavation.
Resulting publications were:
Foster, R and B Sewell, 1986 Interim rReport on the excavation of the Fisher Road Sites R11/887, 888 and 899, Mt Wellington South Auckland. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter, 29(4):238-243.
Foster, R 1986 Radiocarbon dates from the Fisher Road (R11/887, 888, 299) and Hakins Hills sites (R11/1394). New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter, 29(4):248-249.
Foster, R and B Sewell 1989. The excavation of sites R11/887, R11/888 and R11/899, Tamaki, Auckland. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 26:1-24.
