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New Zealand archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1943)

Atholl John AndersonCNZM (born 1943) is a New Zealand archaeologist who has worked extensively in New Zealand and the Pacific. His work is notable for its syntheses of history, biology, ethnography and archaeological evidence. He made a major contribution to the evidence given by the iwi (tribe) Ngāi Tahu to the Waitangi Tribunal.

Early life

Anderson was born in 1943 in Hāwera and is descended from Ngāi Tahu on Rakiura (Stewart Island).^[1][2][3][4] He grew up in Dunedin and Nelson.^[2] Anderson was educated at Otago Boys' High School, and then, from 1958 to 1961, at Nelson College, where he played in the school's 1st XI hockey team in 1960 and 1961.^[4][5]

Education

Anderson conducted a survey of archaeological sites in Tasman Bay for his Master of Arts degree in geography from the University of Canterbury, which he r