Archaeology of the Mackays to Peka Peka Expressway
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Archaeology of the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway Volume 1: Report on archaeological investigations and monitoring Report to New Zealand Transport Agency and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga August 2019 Mary O’Keeffe Heritage Solutions Wellington Acknowledgments This report is presented to Te Ati Awai ki Whakarongotai, in memory of their tupuna. Thanks are offered to: the staff of the M2PP Alliance for collaboration and support Kevin Jones, Andy Dodd, Yolanda Vogel and Daniel Parker for field assistance Chris Jacomb, Kevin Jones, Dr Bruce McFadgen, John Coster and Yolanda Vogel for discussion and advice Richard Walter and Dr Bruce McFadgen for comments on this report Particular thanks and aroha to Danny Mullen, lead iwi monitor and Les Mullen, iwi monitor, for good company, collaboration and cultural support. Huge thanks and gratitude to the magnificent Good men and women of Goodmans Contractors Limited, Waikanae, for their unfailing support, enthusiasm, professionalism, immense skill and fine company. This report is dedicated in loving memory of Chris Jacomb. A gentleman and a gentle man. Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 1 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 2 1.1. Background ........................................................................................................... 2 1.2. Statutory Requirements ...................................................................................... 4 2. Project History and Context ...................................................................................... 6 2.1. History of the Kapiti Road .................................................................................. 6 2.2. Project Development and Archaeology ............................................................ 9 2.3. Project Zones ....................................................................................................... 10 2.4. Authorities .......................................................................................................... 11 2.5. Archaeological Programme .............................................................................. 16 Monitoring methodology .............................................................................................. 17 3. Environment & Geomorphology ........................................................................... 19 3.1. Landscape and Dunes ....................................................................................... 19 3.2. Expressway Zone Environments ..................................................................... 31 Southern zone: Poplar Ave to Kapiti Road ................................................................... 31 Central zone: Kapiti Road to Waikanae River .............................................................. 32 Northern zone: Waikanae River to Peka Peka Road ..................................................... 32 3.3. Discussion of the physical environment ......................................................... 33 4. Historical and Archaeological Record .................................................................. 34 4.1. History of Settlement and Occupation ........................................................... 34 4.2. Recorded and Known Archaeological Sites ................................................... 38 Historical recording ...................................................................................................... 38 Contemporary recording ............................................................................................... 39 4.3. Takamore Cultural Precinct ............................................................................. 46 4.4. Geophysical Surveys ......................................................................................... 52 4.5. Predictive Model ................................................................................................ 56 4.6. Research Themes ................................................................................................ 58 5. M2PP Archaeological Programme ......................................................................... 62 5.1. Overview ............................................................................................................. 62 5.2. Pre-construction Investigations ....................................................................... 62 5.3. Construction Monitoring .................................................................................. 64 6. Archaeological Results ............................................................................................. 65 6.1. Archaeological Results by Zone ....................................................................... 65 Southern zone: Poplar Avenue to Kapiti Road ............................................................. 65 Central zone: Kapiti Road to Waikanae River .............................................................. 69 Northern zone: Waikanae River to Peka Peka Road ..................................................... 81 6.2. Site Types .......................................................................................................... 107 Middens ...................................................................................................................... 107 Ovens and fire features ............................................................................................... 124 Burials ......................................................................................................................... 127 Gardening sites ........................................................................................................... 128 Earthworks sites and structures ................................................................................. 131 Artefacts ...................................................................................................................... 133 7. Faunal Analysis ....................................................................................................... 139 7.1. Geographic variation in faunal characteristics ............................................ 139 7.2. General characteristics of faunal data ........................................................... 140 Invertebrates ............................................................................................................... 141 Vertebrates .................................................................................................................. 149 7.3. Palaeoenvironment .......................................................................................... 158 8. Chronology ............................................................................................................... 160 9. Relationship between archaeology and the environment .............................. 174 Dunes and Forest ......................................................................................................... 175 Wetlands and Dunes ................................................................................................... 176 Regional Comparisons ................................................................................................ 200 10. Discussion ................................................................................................................ 204 Comparison against research themes and questions .............................................. 204 Further Research .......................................................................................................... 210 11. Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 212 Bibliography .................................................................................................................... 214 Appendix 1: Contextual data......................................................................................... 218 Appendix 1.1: All sites, origins and outcomes ........................................................ 219 Appendix 1.2: Site locations and NZAA numbers .................................................. 229 Appendix 1.3: Scientific and common names .......................................................... 255 Appendix 1.4: Authorities........................................................................................... 259 Figures Figure 1: Location of MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway, Kapiti Coast ................................................. 2 Figure 2: Locations and place names mentioned in this report ................................................................. 5 Figure 3: M2PP zone boundaries ................................................................................................................. 11 Figure 4: M2PP authorities - northern zone ............................................................................................... 14 Figure 5: M2PP authorities – central zone .................................................................................................. 15 Figure 6: M2PP authorities – southern zone .............................................................................................. 16 Figure 7: Geology of the Kapiti region .......................................................................................................