Large earthquakes and the abandonment of prehistoric coastal settlements in 15th century New Zealand

Goff, James; McFadgen, Bruce

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“…Geomorphology indicates tsunami inundation (e.g. an altered dune geomorphology, evidence of either uplift or subsidence) a Based upon Goff and McFadgen (2003) and McFadgen and Goff (2007) (2007) Chagué- Goff and Goff (1999); Goff and Chagué-Goff (1999);McFadgen (2007) McFadgen (2007; Wilkes (1994Wilkes ( , 1995 Goff and McFadgen (2002) Nat Hazards (2010) 54:193-208 201 made for the D'Urville Island recording. In this case, bodies were deposited on sand dunes that were piled up by the force of the waves (Mitchell and Mitchell 2004).…”

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Development of a palaeotsunami database for New Zealand

2009

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A New Zealand palaeotsunami database has been developed. The philosophy has been to include as much tsunami-related data as possible. Most of the events recorded are true palaeotsunamis that occurred prior to the historical record or have no written observations. Some are hybrids that are in some manner poorly recorded historical events. Data include physical evidence from geological, archaeological and geomorphological sources and cultural information from anthropological research and prehistorical Māori oral recordings. Each line of data represents a summary of one piece of evidence containing key details listed under a series of headings. The estimated veracity of each line item is based upon the sum of the information contained in the linked reference(s). The palaeotsunami database contains approximately 300 line items and describes between 35 and 40 palaeotsunamis. This wealth of data helps to improve our understanding of tsunami sources, event its magnitude and frequency.

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Section: Nature Of Evidencementioning

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Development of a palaeotsunami database for New Zealand

2009

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“…The results of earthquakes and volcanism have ranged from barely detectable, to large-scale land and sea movements that destroyed towns/cities and caused widespread regional disruption (e.g. Grapes and Downes, 1997;Goff et al, 2003). A/NZ also lies close to key atmospheric circulation and ocean current boundaries.…”

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Benefitting from differences in knowledge, practice and belief: Māori oral traditions and natural hazards science

King

Goff

2010

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract.This paper builds upon earlier work that argued the information and experience contained within the knowledge-practice-belief complex of Mātauranga Māori [Māori knowledge] is a valuable and neglected area of information and understanding about past catastrophic events in Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ). Here we map Māori oral traditions (pūrākau) that relate experience with extreme environmental disturbance (in particular, tsunamis) around the A/NZ coast, compare the findings with geoarchaeological evidence, and discuss the scientific benefits to be gained by considering pūrākau as legitimate perspectives on history. Not surprisingly, there are both differences and complementarities between traditional Māori narratives and the available geo-archaeological evidence on extreme coastal disturbances. The findings presented here raise new and important questions about accepted geographies of tsunami risk, the causes and sources of their generation, as well as reasons for the relative paucity and abundance of information in some regions. Ways in which Mātauranga Taiao [Māori environmental knowledge] and contemporary science can be combined to produce new narratives about extreme environmental disturbance along the A/NZ coastline will require not only acceptance of other ways of knowing but also open engagement with Māori that respects their rights to tell their own histories. These efforts are encouraged to revitalise and ground-truth the interpretation of traditional stories, corroborate and/or question previous scientific deductions, and improve our collective understanding of the recurring impact of tectonic, geologic and meteorological-based events across A/NZ.Correspondence to: D. N. King (d.king@niwa.co.nz) RāpopotongaHe mea hāngai anō tēnei pepa kiētahi o mua, ki taua tohe anō ko ngā wheako mai i te pūnahatanga o ngā tikanga o te Mātauranga Māori he mea whaimana, he aha koa tē arongia ai, he whai mōhiohio hoki i ngā parekura i pā mai ki Aotearoa. Ko tā mātou he whakaatu i ngā pūrākau i reirā etahi whakapuakitanga o ngā pānga mai o ngā ngaringari nuī a-taiao (he oti rā te pāhoro ngaru moana) i pā mai ki te tākutai moana o Aotearoa, he whakarite ki ngā kitenga mai i ngā taunakitangaā-huakanga whenua, me te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro i ngā painga mai i te tirotiro i te pūrākau hei tirohanga tika i te hitori. Waihoki, mō ngā ngaringari whakaharahara ki te tākutai, heōritenga, he rerekētanga anō nō waenga o ngā kōrero tuku iho me ngā taunakitangaā-huakanga whenua. Mai i ngā kitenga, he uiui hōu anō ki ngā mātaiwhenua o te wā ki ngā mōrearea pāhoro ngaru moana, ngā mātāpuna me ngā pūtaketanga tae atu ki te nunui, te korekore rānei o ngā kōrero ki ngā takiwā. Mō te hono i te Mātauranga Māori me te pūtaiao o nāianei me te whakaputa kōrero hōu ki ngā ngaringari whakaharahara o te taiao ki te tākutai moana o Aotearoa, he tautoko rā anō i te pūnaha mātauranga rerekē, he mahitahi hoki me te Māori, mai i te aro tūturu ki tāna whakaatu iāna ake kōrero tuku iho. Me mea whakatūturu te whakamāoritanga o ngā pūrākau, mā te ta...

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“…The absence of oral traditions is not evidence for the absence of an event) Table 2 A summary list of palaeotsunami proxies based on 'diagnostic criteria' developed through a series of published iterations. For more details, refer to Chagué- , Goff and McFadgen (2003), Goff et al ( , 2012a, McFadgen and Goff (2007), and Morton et al (2007) Geological:…”

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Prehistoric Coastal Mass Burials: Did Death Come in Waves?

Cain

Goff

McFadgen

2018

J Archaeol Method Theory

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Recent large tsunamis in the twenty-first century have provided graphic reminders of the catastrophic impacts such natural hazards can have upon coastal communities. Death tolls in the thousands give rise to the rapid adoption of coastal mass burials for the interment of the dead. While recognised as a necessary practice in the aftermath of such contemporary tragedies, the paucity of coastal mass burial sites related to earlier tsunamis reported in the archaeological record is unusual. We establish a suite of criteria for identifying the geological and archaeological evidence of inundation by past tsunamis and review case studies from two well-documented prehistoric coastal mass burial sites in the Southern Hemisphere (Solomon Islands and Vanuatu). To varying degrees, both sites possess numerous characteristics that suggest direct correlation with previously reported catastrophic palaeotsunamis. In the Northern Hemisphere, we investigate palaeotsunami inundation as an alternative hypothesis for mass burial sites in Orkney and Shetland, a relatively tectonically inactive region where such an association is unlikely to have ever been considered. The nature, chronology and location of these mass burial sites fit well with the proposed archaeological evidence for palaeotsunami inundation, and they also appear to be contemporaneous with the as-yet poorly documented Garth tsunami (~5500 years BP). We suggest that a potentially key diagnostic criterion for determining a palaeotsunami linkage is the use of diatom testing on skeletal remains to establish whether death was caused by drowning in saltwater, a test which has never been applied in this context. J Archaeol Method Theory

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Large earthquakes and the abandonment of prehistoric coastal settlements in 15th century New Zealand

Cited by 41 publications

References 31 publications

Development of a palaeotsunami database for New Zealand

Development of a palaeotsunami database for New Zealand

Benefitting from differences in knowledge, practice and belief: Māori oral traditions and natural hazards science

Prehistoric Coastal Mass Burials: Did Death Come in Waves?

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