Otago University anthropology and archaeology PhD student Naomi Woods. PHOTO/ SUPPLIED.
Mid to late 1800s Whanganui will come alive with stories from the woman who has worked through the many artefacts found on a large central city building site.
Naomi Woods, a PhD student at Otago University, has spent years working on the archaeological material from the Victoria Retail Centre site,
excavated in 2010.
She's bringing her findings to Whanganui on October 25, in a 7.30pm talk at the Davis Lecture Theatre.
The title is A Widow's Tale: household narratives from a colonial frontier. Ms Woods has been able to piece together family stories from the artefacts.
Readers may remember the many boxes of broken glass, china, bones and other items among the 2500kg from the excavation trucked to Dunedin.
