Caroline Anne Phillips is a New Zealand archaeologist. She has lectured at the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

and Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi.

Life

Phillips began her career in archaeology as a fieldworker, working on surveys and excavations. Much of her work was on

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

sites. In 1987 she completed a master's degree at the University of Auckland on the

Karikari Peninsula The Karikari Peninsula on the east coast of the far north of Northland, New Zealand, is between Rangaunu Harbour to the west, and Doubtless Bay to the southeast. It is a right-angled land mass of two relatively distinct parts. The rocky north ...

, in the far north of New Zealand. In 1994 she completed a doctoral degree from the same university, studying Māori settlements on the

Waihou River The Waihou River is located in the northern North Island of New Zealand. Its former name, Thames River, was bestowed by Captain James Cook in November 1769, when he explored of the river from the mouth. An older Māori name was "Wai Kahou Roung ...

Selected publications

* ''Waihou Journeys: The Archaeology of 400 Years of Maori Settlement'' (Auckland University Press, 2000) * ''Bridging the Divide: Indigenous Communities and Archaeology into the 21st Century'' (co-editor; 2010) * ''Archaeology at Opita: Three Hundred Years of Continuity and Change'' (co-author, 2013)

References

Living people Academic staff of the University of Auckland Academic staff of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi University of Auckland alumni New Zealand archaeologists Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand women archaeologists {{Archaeologist-stub