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Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs

Garden stone rows on the Pōtikirua Block, near Cape Runaway

Garden stone rows on the Pōtikirua Block, near Cape Runaway

Garden stone rows on the Pōtikirua Block, near Cape Runaway

The soils near Cape Runaway are stony, quite unlike those in most other areas of the East Coast. The steep inland hills confined gardening to a very narrow strip. Plots were arranged by placing stones from the cleared soil down the slope in rows. The topsoil between the rows on this coastal strip is very deep, as much as 40 cm, and the slopes face due north. They would have warmed very rapidly in spring and ensured a long growing season. Small settlements consisting of pits and terraces typically occupy the edges of the gullies in this landscape, but are not obvious in this photograph.