The
find distribution within the house (indicated by a white marker).
Photo: Hans-Dieter Bader, Geometria
Area A (see sitemap)was cleaned down today. It showed a hard floor in
the flat area close to the road. It is possible that this hard floor was
the area of the cow shed, which Mrs Jury lost during the Land Wars.
Cleaning was started in Area B. A number of features appeared related
to the house. The find distribution is clearly related to these features
and very distinctive. So far the building construction is still a mystery.
Possible
Maori potatoes
Photo: Hans-Dieter Bader, Geometria
Further progress was made in Area C, which possibly contains the well.
We excavated a pit-like structure around the round feature (see the video),
which seems to be the well. Some interesting finds came from the fill
of the pit, possibly related to the clean-up of the area after the Land
Wars.
Ivan Bruce paid us a visit during Sunday and pointed out a few potato
plants on the bank of the road cut close to the house area. We pulled
out one plant and the size and colour of the potatoes seem to indicate
an early cultivar, possibly used by Maori.
