Louise Furey

Louise Furey
Furey in 2021, photographed for Te Mana o Rangitāhua project
OccupationCurator of archaeology
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Auckland (MA, DSc)
Academic work
DisciplineNew Zealand archaeology
InstitutionsAuckland War Memorial Museum

Margaret Louise Furey is a New Zealand archaeologist. Formerly a consulting archaeologist, she is now Curator of Archaeology at Auckland War Memorial Museum.[1][2]

Biography

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Furey completed her BA and MA at University of Auckland in anthropology (archaeology). In 2005 she was awarded a Doctor of Science by the university for her research in archaeological science (the first and only time that this qualification has been awarded to an archaeologist by the university).[3][4][5]

Research

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Furey's research interests are around Māori material culture, and she is also interested in traditional Māori gardening and the sites and material culture of the first 200 years after Polynesians arrived in Aotearoa.[1]

Furey has three current research projects. One focusses on early Māori ornaments held in museums and private collections in New Zealand. The second is Ahuahu Great Mercury Island Archaeology Project, a partnership between Auckland War Memorial Museum and University of Auckland. The last is a Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden grant funded project "accurately dating the Māori past using marine shells".[6][7][1][8][9]

Selected publications

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  • Furey, Louise (2015). "Clay – a lesser known medium for Maori artefacts". Records of the Auckland Museum. 50: 21–31. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 90014734. Wikidata Q104815055.
  • Furey, Louise (2014). "Adzes with Notches". Records of the Auckland Museum. 49: 5–13. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 43264617. Wikidata Q58629011.
  • Furey, L. (2006). Māori gardening: An archaeological perspective. Department of Conservation.
  • Furey, L., Sutton, D. & Marshall, Y. (2003). The Archaeology of Pouerua. Auckland University Press.
  • Furey, L. (2002). Houhora. A Fourteenth Century Māori Village in Northland. Bulletin of the Auckland Museum, 19.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Auckland Museum. "Louise Furey – Discover".
  2. ^ "CFG Heritage Consultants, Archaeologist and Historic Researchers". www.cfgheritage.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Faculty of Arts – The University of Auckland". www.calendar.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ^ Furey, Margaret Louise. "Field recording and the Coromandel region a discussion of site survey metholology and data analysis". catalogue.library.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Meet Louise Furey | LEARNZ". www.learnz.org.nz. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. ^ Auckland War Memorial Museum (6 December 2021). "Accurately Dating The Māori Past Using Marine Shells Through Cross-collaborative Funding Success". Scoop. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Early Maori Village Unearthed – Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. ^ Walters, Laura (17 July 2015). "Fishy finds in 660-year-old archaelogy [sic] dig". Stuff. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Using marine shells to accurately locate early Māori settlers in time". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 8 March 2022.