The artefacts found during excavation hold vital clues to the interpretation of any site. Date, extent and purpose of the settlement can be revealed by them.

ASL has extensive experience with artefact analysis, both in New Zealand and overseas. Issues of sampling within large assemblages and interpretation of singularities are regularly dealt with. The directors of ASL have contacts worlwide as part of their research in Historic Archaeology. Find issues are a regular part of the discussions with our collegues.

This proved helpful during the analysis of Ah Chee's market garden precint, one of the two largest assemblages of Chinese material outside China excavated on a land site.

Maori taonga are cared for within the legal protection under the Protected Objects Act and can be temporarily stored at our premises for analysis.

Conservation issues with large wooden artefacts have been dealt with by the directors of ASL in the past. The re-building and re-furbishing of traditional canoes at the then National Maritime Museum was a challenge successfully met by Hans Bader.