Overview

This book describes the investigation of St John's Cemetery near Milton in Otago, southern New Zealand, that was carried out in 2016 as part of a wider study of early settler graves in the region. The cemetery was used between 1860 and 1926 and contains the burials of some of the first European (predominantly British) settlers in the area. In collaboration with a local group of descendants, Petchey and Buckley carried out an excavation that located and investigated twenty-five unmarked graves containing twenty-seven individuals. By combining archaeological, historical, and bioarchaeological approaches, a detailed picture of the lives of these people has been built up, giving insights into the experience of leaving the Old World and emigrating to New Zealand in the mid-nineteenth century. This is the first detailed investigation of this nature to have been conducted in New Zealand and provides a unique insight into the settler experience.

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Author:   Peter Petchey ,  Hallie Buckley
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.471kg
ISBN:  

9781407360072

ISBN 10:   1407360078
Pages:   118
Publication Date:   31 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

List of figures List of tables Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Research Questions 3. History of St. Johns Cemetery 3.1. St. John's Cemetery: Early Interments 4. St Johns Cemetery, Site Description 5. Excavation Methodology and Results 5.1. Excavation Results 5.2. Burial 1 (Context No 10013) 5.3. Burial 2 (Context No. 10005) 5.4. Burials 3a (Context No. 10006) and 3b (Context No. 10016) 5.4.1. Burial 3a (Context No. 10006) 5.4.2. Burial 3b (Context No. 10016) 5.5. Burial 4 (Context No. 10018) 5.6. Burial 5 (Context No. 10012) 5.7. Burial 6 (Context No. 10016) 5.8. Burial 7 (Context No. 10014) 5.9. Burial 8 (Context No. 10058) 5.10. Burial 9 (Context No. 10015) 5.11. Burial 10 (Context No. 10028) 5.12. Burial 11 (Context No. 10029) 5.13. Burial 12 5.14. Burial 13 (Context No. 10026) 5.15. Burial 14 (Context No. 10027) 5.16. Burial 15 (Context No. 10042) 5.17. Burial 16 (Context No. 10043) 5.18. Burial 17 (Context No. 10041) 5.19. Burial 18 (Context No. 10044) 5.20. Burial 19 (Context No. 10045) 5.21. Burials 20a (Context No. 10046) and 20b (Context No. 10059) 5.21.1. Burial 20a (Context No. 10046) 5.21.2. Burial 20b (Context No. 10059) 5.22. Burial 21 (Context No. 10047) 5.23. Burial 22 (Context No. 10048) 5.24. Burial 23 (Context No. 10049) 5.25. Burial 24 5.26. Burial 25 5.27. Burial 26 5.28. Burial 27 (Context No. 10053) 5.29. Burial 28 (Context No. 10056) 5.30. Burial 29 (Context No. 10057) 6. The Human Remains 6.1. Age and Sex Estimations 6.2. Stature 6.3. Oral Health 6.4. Traumatic Injuries 6.5. Non-Traumatic Pathology 6.6. Activity Related Bone Changes 6.7. Death Certificate Information for Colonial Milton 6.8. Infant Mortality and Child-birth 6.9. Adult Mortality in Milton 6.10. Summary of Bioarchaeological Evidence of Health 7. Material Culture 7.1. Coffins 7.2. Coffin Construction 7.3. Coffin Fabric Covering 7.4. Coffin Trim Strips 7.5. Coffin Plates 7.6. Coffin Handles 7.6.1. Plain Handles 7.6.2. Ornate Handles 7.7. Overall Coffin Design and Construction 7.8. Clothing and Other Textiles 8. Life and Death in Nineteenth Century Tokomairiro 8.1. Life in Tokomairiro 8.1.1. Joseph Higgins (Burial 11) 8.1.2. Joseph Higgins' Home and Family Life 8.1.3. Joseph Higgins' Death 8.1.4. William Toogood (Burial 21) 8.2. Care and the Community 8.2.1. The Ancient Order of Foresters and other Community Organisations 8.3. Death and Funerals in Tokomairiro 9. Conclusions References Manuscript and Archival Sources Websites Appendix A.1. Fabric Analysis

Reviews

'This is an excellent piece of work and is unique in New Zealand with its focus on the archaeological and biological investigations of a colonising cemetery. Other publications have recorded cemeteries and excavated graves in New Zealand and Australia but the incorporation of the bioanthropological profiling of the burials is rare and a first for New Zealand.' Associate Professor Stuart Bedford, Australian National University/Max Planck Institute  

'This is an excellent piece of work and is unique in New Zealand with its focus on the archaeological and biological investigations of a colonising cemetery. Other publications have recorded cemeteries and excavated graves in New Zealand and Australia but the incorporation of the bioanthropological profiling of the burials is rare and a first for New Zealand.' Associate Professor Stuart Bedford, Australian National University/Max Planck Institute

Author Information

Peter Petchey is an archaeologist based in southern New Zealand and specialises in historic and industrial archaeology. He has a particular focus on the nineteenth century New Zealand goldfields and historic mining in South east Asia. Hallie Buckley is a bioarchaeologist working on health and disease in the Asia Pacific region. Her work is concerned with investigating human adaptation to the environment during periods of initial colonisation and biocultural transitions. With contributions by Jane Batcheller (University of Alberta), Charlotte King (University of Otago) and Rod Wallace (University of Auckland)

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