Laying the groundwork in Aorere in December unearthed unusual underground earth markings. Discovered 10-feet deep during construction of a new road that connects Paneke Street, Mayflower Close and Winthrop Way, the circular earth-markings looked like they were carefully put there by human design. Not so, according to Archaeologist Hans Dieter-Bader, resident archaeologist at the Tāmaki construction precinct.
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The geological patterns uncovered at Aorere are common across the Auckland isthmus in ash deposits from the Tāmaki Makaurau volcanic era. Engineering Geologist, Nick Bunton of Tonkin+Taylor commented that this pattern is typical of volcanic air-fall deposits, and formed in a volcanic eruption when heavier material fell first forming darker patterns followed by the lighter ash. The ground the material fell on was undulating, forming rings or waves, as well as other patterns that we see today.
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Laying the groundwork in Aorere in December unearthed unusual underground earth markings. Discovered 10-feet deep during construction of a new road that connects Paneke Street, Mayflower Close and Winthrop Way, the circular earth-markings looked like they were carefully put there by human design. Not so, according to Archaeologist Hans Dieter-Bader, resident archaeologist at the Tāmaki construction precinct.
The geological patterns uncovered at Aorere are common across the Auckland isthmus in ash deposits from the Tāmaki Makaurau volcanic era. Engineering Geologist, Nick Bunton of Tonkin+Taylor commented that this pattern is typical of volcanic air-fall deposits, and formed in a volcanic eruption when heavier material fell first forming darker patterns followed by the lighter ash. The ground the material fell on was undulating, forming rings or waves, as well as other patterns that we see today.
Laying the groundwork in Aorere in December unearthed unusual underground earth markings. Discovered 10-feet deep during construction of a new road that connects Paneke Street, Mayflower Close and Winthrop Way, the circular earth-markings looked like they were carefully put there by human design. Not so, according to Archaeologist Hans Dieter-Bader, resident archaeologist at the Tāmaki construction precinct.
The geological patterns uncovered at Aorere are common across the Auckland isthmus in ash deposits from the Tāmaki Makaurau volcanic era. Engineering Geologist, Nick Bunton of Tonkin+Taylor commented that this pattern is typical of volcanic air-fall deposits, and formed in a volcanic eruption when heavier material fell first forming darker patterns followed by the lighter ash. The ground the material fell on was undulating, forming rings or waves, as well as other patterns that we see today.