Geological and archaeological interpretation of a section in Rangitoto ash on Motutapu island, Auckland
- 1 August 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
- Vol. 2 (3) , 569-577
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.1959.10423160
Abstract
A foredune section at Pig Bay, Motutapu, has been excavated to expose nonvolcanic beach sand below a single Rangitoto ash layer which, illi turn, is overlain by a series of wind-blown and water-laid sediments containing reworked ash. The date of the eruption was determined by carbon sample; as A.D. 1188 ± 50 years. The sediments above the Rangitoto ash include a number of well defined human occupation levels, some of which have yielded adzes of moa-hunter type.Keywords
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