Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Mr Frankham Builds a Fort
- In
- First Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage 1994: Old Ways in a New Land; Preprints of Papers
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1994, pp. 121-125
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0858256223
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.625825012862329
- Abstract
This paper describes the use of archival material relating to the building of a 19th Century coastal fort in Auckland, New Zealand during an archaeological investigation into allegations of a sealed tunnel network containing unexploded ammunition and old aircraft. The paper describes how this material was used to explain perceived problems, including the presence of volatile hydrocarbons in the tunnels, anomalies in the design and structures excavated during the investigation. The paper also tries to demonstrate the importance of archival research in archaeological investigation of historic sites and in dealing with popular mythology.
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- First Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage 1994: Old Ways in a New Land; Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1994), 209 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0858256223. Details