Finds of Whanganui's past at Pukenamu Queen's Park from close up tooth past Watch Video
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Description: An unusual bead is just one of the artefacts unearthed in the Sargeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua redevelopment.nnArchaeologist Michael Taylor has been monitoring the digger's scraping back of the top layers in preparation for the construction of the new wing – Pataka o Sir Archie John Te Atawhai Taiaroa. He says sieving to find what's in the soil – an animal tooth, bits of a gin bottle and plates, a cannon ball and 120-150 year-old children's marbles – all pieces together to form a picture
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