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Figure 2. Part topographic map U14 showing the location of recorded archaeological sites in the
general vicinity of the proposed construction corridor.
U14/1708 & 1709 Midden
These two midden sites were recorded in 1996 during an archaeological survey of the
Papamoa Dune Plain. 5 The sites are described as small subsurface midden deposits
and are located on the subdued back dune extending south east from the eastern end
of Gloucester Road and are approximately 200 metres north of the proposed
construction corridor. The two sites are within 50 metres of each other and probably
represent components of a single settlement site with possible associated subsurface
features such as cultivated soils, pits and house sites. The site is situated on the
seaward side of an old paleochannel described in 1904 as a very wet swamp covered
in raupo and rushes. 6
There are few archaeological sites recorded on the back dunes, however, early 20 th
Century modification of the back dunes particularly between Te Maunga and
Mangatawa has likely obscured or destroyed archaeological evidence of activity in
this area.
5 Fredericksen et al 1995, Gumbley 1997
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