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Kōrero: When was New Zealand first settled?

Taiwhanga pūtaiao radiocarbon i Waikato

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Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory

Ko te tikanga radiocarbon dating te taunakitanga nui hei whakatau i te taenga o te tangata ki Aotearoa i te wā 1250–1300 AD. Mai i tōna putanga mai i te tekau tau atu i 1950, kua nui ngā mohiotanga mō tana whakamahinga ki Aotearoa nei. Hei tauira, kua mōhio ngā kaimātai putaiao, he māmā ake te ine i te pakeke o ētahi mea (pēnei i te anga moa), tērā i te ine i ētahi atu (pēnei i ngā kōiwi o ngā kararehe ka kai i te kiko me te otaota). I ngā tau tōmuri o te tekau tau atu i 1990 i inea ētahi anga moa i kitea i Te Wairau mā te radiocarbon dating i te Taiwhanga Pūtaiao Radiocarbon i Waikato (Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory).

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University of Waikato

by Alan Hogg

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Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, When was New Zealand first settled? – Radiocarbon dating, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4254/taiwhanga-putaiao-radiocarbon-i-waikato (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2016.

Comments

kalyani
19 December 2013
it was helpful in gathering info about radio carbon dating