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Multi-periodSite Name: Ōhinehou Alternative Name: Lyttelton, Sutton Reserve, RapakiCountry: New Zealand Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 43.6032S Longitude: 172.718400E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Historians have long known of Rapaki, the Maori village located under what is now Sutton Reserve, dating back roughly 800 to 1000 years. A recently discovered midden showed evidence of fires, and a variety of food remains including paua shells, seal bones and fish bones. While Maori would not have lived for long periods on the site, it would have been used periodically for a number of years.
For more information please see Christchurch Library's website page at http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/tikoukawhenua/ohinehou/The photograph opposite is of the top of a pou at the site. A pou is a territorial marker or marker placed at an important site.
Note: Maori adze uncovered at excavation in Lyttelton, NZ "Oral tradition indicates there has been a long-standing occupation of this area."
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