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Miss Shaw points to one of the post holes in the clay floor which was the occupational level. Note the different layers on the side of the excavated square. These have been deposited on the site through.the years. Beneath the grass is the top layer of silt from a comparatively recent flood. The dark layer is a cultural layer of charcoal and cooking stones. This in turn lies on top of the former village.

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Lumps of fired clay indicate open fireplace in a slight depression.

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Uncovered hole which may have held a palisade post.

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Site of the excavations.

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Jan McLachlan carefully removes the dark black layer revealing the clay floor beneath.

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Miss Shaw pictured with some of the worked bone artifacts uncovered on the site. From left, in her hand, a moa bone pendant, a lure hook point, a carved pumice face, and in front, a long fragmented piece of bone, the use of which is, as yet, unknown.