Comparative IMPLEMENTOLOGY

ATIAHARA Excavations - November 1999

These important, freshly excavated artifacts will be of immense interest to those who are researching the early Polynesian migrations into Eastern Polynesia.

Serrated Pearl-shell Disk
enlarged scan
452-312-PSD
ATIAHARA 3 (click on the image to see an enlarged scan)


Trolling-lure Point (pearl-shell)
enlarged scan
452-312-TLP
ATIAHARA 3 , see Sled Type comparative diagram


Bone Tattooing Needle
enlarged scan
452-312-TNB-2
ATIAHARA 3 , see also a Needle from ATIAHARA 5


Double Notched Pearl-shell Fishhook
enlarged scan
452-312-PSH-1f (99)
the very tight bend of this fragment strongly suggests that this rare (one only) example derives from an Acute Recurved Point hook.


Drilled Porpoise Tooth Pendant
enlarged scan
452-312-PDT-3
compare this with Moa Hunter examples from the Wairau Bar burials, R. Duff 1956, The Moa-Hunter Period of the Maori Culture, Plate 23.


Small Pearl-shell Fishhook
enlarged scan
452-312-PSH-1 (99)
this thumbnail image is the true size of this delicate specimen.


Large Tattooing Needle Blank (bone)
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452-312-TNB-4
this nearly finished blank only requires the lateral incisions which produce the needle points


Two more Blanks!
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452-312-TNB-5
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452-312-TNB-6
these blanks are very rare treasures which may yield important comparative data


Large unfinished Adze, Type 4A
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452-312-4Aa-1f
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compare it with this, a finished example.
these early 4A adze forms can also be seen in the Moa Hunter adzes, see Duff, 1956, Plate 31 A. (example 2 ) from Wairau


Round Hammerstone
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452-312-HSB-2 (99)
found close to the 4A Adze above, shown in a cutting wedge down position

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