Publications of Foss Leach

Books and Monographs

Leach,B.F. 2016. The Dauntless Two of Martinborough. Privately published by Foss Leach. 281 pp.

Leach,B.F. Snook,J., Gray,J., Thomas,H. Leach, P. and Watson, M. 2010. Every day is a holiday in New Zealand. The centennial history of James and Catherine Leach Immigrants from Bingley Yorkshire 1909. Privately published by the Leach family. 137 pp.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 2008. The Archaeology of Taumako: a Polynesian Outlier in the Eastern Solomon Islands. Monograph. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication. 691 pp.

Clark, G. Leach,B.F. and O'Conner, S. (eds) 2008. Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Papers in honour of Atholl Anderson. Terra Australis 29. Australian National University Press.

Anderson, A.J., Green, K. and Leach, B.F. 2007. (eds) Vastly Ingenious: The archaeology of material culture in honour of Janet M. Davidson. Otago University Press. 319 pp.

Leach, B.F. Fishing in Pre-European New Zealand. 2006. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication. 359 pp.

Leach, B.F. Fishing in Pre-European New Zealand. 2006. Archaeofauna 15. 266 pp.

Leach, B.F. 2003. Depletion and Loss of the Customary Fishery of Ngati Hinewaka: 130 years of Struggle to Protect a Resource Guaranteed under Article Two of the Treaty of Waitangi. Report presented to the Waitangi Tribunal, Document Wai-863-#A71.

Leach, B.F. 1997. A guide to the identification of fish remains from New Zealand archaeological sites. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication. 129 pp.

Leach, B.F. and Boocock, A. 1993. Prehistoric Fish Catches in New Zealand. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 584. 303 pp.

Festchrift 1989. Saying So Doesn’t Make it So: Papers in Honour of B.Foss Leach. Sutton, D.G. (ed.). New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 17. 303 pp.

Intoh, M. and Leach, B.F. 1985. Archaeological investigations in the Yap Islands. British Archaeological Reports S277. 200 pp.

Leach, B.F. and Ward, G.K. 1981. Archaeology on Kapingamarangi Atoll: a Polynesian outlier in the Eastern Caroline Islands. 150 pp. Privately published by B.F. Leach.

Leach, B.F. 1969. The Concept of Similarity in Prehistoric Studies. Studies in Prehistoric Anthropology No.1. 301 pp. Anthropology Department, University of Otago.

Papers in Refereed Journals

Leach, B.F. , Oda, S., Bird, R. 2018. Characterisation of 15 sources of Japanese obsidian: PIXE–PIGME analysis, and identification of archaeological specimens. Tuhinga 29: 77-89.

Foss Leach. , Hamish Campbell, Nelson Eby, Katherine Holt, Marcel Regelous, Rhys Richards and Steve Weaver. 2016. Obsidian floater washed up on a beach in the Chatham Islands: geochemical composition and comparison with other volcanic glasses Tuhinga 27: 21-49.

Fiona Petchey, Matthew Spriggs, Foss Leach, Mike Seed, Christophe Sand, Michael Pietrusewsky, Katy Anderson. 2011. Testing the human factor: radiocarbon dating the first peoples of the South Pacific Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 29-44.

Davidson, J.M., Leach, B.F., Burtenshaw, M, and Harris, G. 2007. Subterranean storage pits for kumara (sweet potato) Ipomoea batatas L. Lam): Ethnographic, archaeological and experimental research in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 28 (2006): 5–49.

Leach, B.F. Fishing in Pre-European New Zealand. 2006. Archaeofauna 15: 5–266.

Burtenshaw, M., Harris, G., Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. 2003. Experimental Growing of Pre-European Cultivars of Kumara (Sweet Potato, Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) at the Southern Margins of Maori Horticulture. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 23 (2001): 161–188.

Leach, B.F., Quinn, C., Morrison, J. and Lyon G. 2003. The use of Multiple Isotope Signatures in Reconstructing Prehistoric Human Diet from Archaeological Bone from the Pacific and New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 23 (2001): 31–98.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 2001. The use of size‑frequency diagrams to characterize prehistoric fish catches and to assess human impact on inshore fisheries. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 11 (1-2): 150–162.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 2001. Estimating fish size from archaeological bones within one family: a detailed look at three species of Labridae. Archaeofauna 10: 137–147.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Robertshawe, M. and Leach, P.C. 2001. Identification, nutritional yield, and economic role of tuatua shellfish, Paphies spp., in New Zealand archaeological sites. People and Culture in Oceania 17: 1-26.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Robertshawe, M. and Leach, P.C. 2001. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of New Zealand red cod Pseudophycis bachus. Tuhinga 12: 17–38.

Leach, B.F., Quinn, C.J., Lyon, G.L., Haystead, A. and Myers, D.B. 1000. Evidence of prehistoric Lapita diet at Watom Island, Papua New Guinea, using stable isotopes. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 20 (1998): 149–159.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. 2000. Pre-European Catches of Blue Cod (Parapercis colias) in the Chatham Islands and Cook Strait, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 21 (1999): 119–138.

Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K., Leach, B.F. and Sinoto, Y.H. 2000. Prehistoric Fishing at Hane, Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 21 (1999): 5–28.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Wallace, R. 2000. The Form and Construction of the Makotukutuku House, a 16th Century Dwelling in Palliser Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 21 (1999): 87–117.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 2000. Pre-European Catches of Snapper (Pagrus auratus) in Northern New Zealand. Journal of Archaeological Science 27: 509–522.

Davidson, J.M., Leach, B.F., Greig, K. and Leach, P.C. 2000. Pre-European Maori fishing at Foxton, Manawatu, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 22: 75–90.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. 1999. Pre-European catches of labrid fish in the Chatham Islands and Cook Strait, New Zealand. Man and Culture in Oceania 15: 113–144.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K. and Anderson, A.J. 1999. Pre-European catches of barracouta, Thyrsites atun, at Long Beach and Shag River, Otago, New Zealand. Archaeofauna 8: 11–30.

Pietrusewsky, M., Galipaud, J-C. and Leach, B.F. 1998. A Skeleton from the Lapita Site at Koné, Foué Peninsula, New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 18 (1996): 25–74.

Horwood, L.M., Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 1998. Prehistoric and historic M_ori fishermen of Mana Island, Cook Strait, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 18 (1996): 5–24.

Davidson, J.M., Leach, B.F., Fraser, K. and Burnside, G. 1998. Prehistoric Fishing at Fa`ahia, Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Journal de la Société des Océanistes 107: 145–157.

Anderson, A.J., Ambrose, W., Leach, B.F. and Weisler, M. 1997. Material sources of basalt and obsidian artefacts from a prehistoric settlement site on Norfolk Island, South Pacific. Archaeology in Oceania 32: 39-46.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Boocock, A. 1997. Prehistoric M_ori Fishermen of Te Ika a Maru Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 17: 57–75.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. 1997. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of the New Zealand blue cod Parapercis colias. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 7: 484–496.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Samson, J. and Burnside, G. 1997. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of New Zealand Labridae. Archaeofauna 6: 41–58.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. 1997. Prehistoric M_ori Fishermen at Kokohuia, Hokianga Harbour, Northland, New Zealand. Man and Culture in Oceania 13: 99–116.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, M. and Ottino, P. 1997. The Fishermen of Anapua Rock Shelter, Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands. Asian Perspectives 36(1): 51–66.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Anderson, A.J. 1996. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of the New Zealand barracouta Thyrsites atun. Tuhinga, Records of the Museum of New Zealand 6: 1–25.

Leach, B.F. 1996. New Zealand and Oceanic Obsidians: An Archaeological Perspective using Neutron Activation Analysis. Journal of the Royal Society 26(1): 79–105.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Mallon, S. 1996. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of the New Zealand kahawai Arripis trutta. Tuhinga, Records of the Museum of New Zealand 7: 1–20.

Leach, B.F., Quinn, C.J. and Lyon, G.L. 1996. A stochastic approach to the reconstruction of prehistoric human diet in the Pacific from bone isotope signatures. Tuhinga, Records of the Museum of New Zealand 8: 1–54.

Leach, B.F. and Boocock, A. 1995. The estimation of live fish catches from archaeological bone fragments of the New Zealand snapper Pagrus auratus. Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand 3: 1-28.

Leach, B.F. and Boocock, A. 1994. The impact of pre-European M_ori fishermen on the New Zealand snapper, Pagrus auratus, in the vicinity of Rotokura, Tasman Bay. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 16: 69-84

Buranarugsa, M. and Leach, B.F. 1993. Coordinate geometry of Moriori crania and comparisons with M_ori. Man and Culture in Oceania 9: 1-43.

Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. 1993. The chronology of the Natunuku site, Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 15: 99-105.

Davidson, J.M., Hinds, E., Holdaway, S. and Leach, B.F. 1990. The Lapita site of Natunuku, Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 12: 121‑155.

Leach, B.F., Fleming, M., Davidson, J.M., Ward, G.K. and Craib, J. 1988. Prehistoric fishing at Mochong, Rota, Mariana Islands. Man and Culture in Oceania 4: 31‑62.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 1988. The quest for the rainbow runner: prehistoric fishing on Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro atolls, Micronesia. Micronesica 21 (1,2): 1-22.

Leach, B.F. 1986. A method for analysis of Pacific island fishbone assemblages and an associated data base management system. Journal of Archaeological Science 13(2): 147‑159.

Leach, B.F., Anderson, A.J., Sutton, D.G., Bird, J.R., Duerden, P. and Clayton, E. 1986. The origin of prehistoric obsidian artefacts from the Chatham and Kermadec islands. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 8: 143‑170.

Buranarugsa, M. and Leach, B.F. 1986. The three‑dimensional analysis of the Polynesian skull. Man and Culture in Oceania 2: 81‑100.

Leach, B.F. 1986. Un cas de chasseurs marins sur une île du Pacifique? L'analyse osteologique des restes du kjokkenmoedding à Fa`ahia. Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes 19(12): 49‑53.

Whitehead, N.E., Devine, S.D., Leach, B.F. 1986. Electron spin resonance dating of human teeth from the Namu burial ground, Taumako, Solomon Islands. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 29: 359‑361.

Leach, B.F. 1985. The sources of prehistoric obsidian artefacts from the Polynesian outlier of Taumako in the Solomon Islands. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 7: 117‑123.

Leach, B.F. 1984. The terminal age for the lower Wairarapa estuarine environment. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 14(2): 207‑208.

Leach, B.F. and Hamel, G.E. 1984. The influence of archaeological soil temperatures on obsidian dating in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Science 27: 399‑408.

Duerden, P., Bird, J.R., Clayton, E., Cohen, D.D. and Leach, B.F. 1984. Provenance studies of New Zealand obsidian artefacts. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research 231 (B1‑3): 419‑423.

Leach, B.F., Intoh, M. and Chazine, J. 1984. An archaeological fishbone assemblage from the Vitaria site, Rurutu, Austral Islands. Journal de la Société des Océanistes 40(78): 75‑77.

Leach, B.F., Intoh, M. and Smith, I.W.G. 1984. Fishing, turtle hunting, and mammal exploitation at Fa`ahia, Huahine, French Polynesia. Journal de la Société des Océanistes 40(79): 183‑197.

Leach, B.F. and Manly, B. 1982. Minimum Mahalanobis distance functions and lithic source characterization by multi‑element analysis. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 4: 77‑109.

Leach, B.F. 1981. The prehistory of the Southern Wairarapa. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 11(1): 11‑33.

Leach, B.F. and Naylor, H. 1981. Dating New Zealand obsidians by resonant nuclear reactions. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 3: 33‑49.

Leach, B.F., Naeser, C.W. and Ward, G.K. 1981. The ages of Pacific obsidians from fission track analysis. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 3: 71‑82.

Leach, H.M. and Leach, B.F. 1980. The Riverton site: an Archaic adze manufactory in western Southland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 2: 99‑140.

Leach, B.F. and de Souza, P. 1979. The changing proportions of Mayor Island obsidian in New Zealand prehistory. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 1: 29‑51.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., McCallum, G., Partridge, B., Smith, I.W.G. and Whitehead, N. 1979. The identification of dugong ivory reel artefacts from Strontium content and microstructure. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 1: 115‑121.

Leach, B.F. and Anderson, A.J. 1979. The role of labrid fish in prehistoric economics in New Zealand. Journal of Archaeological Science 6(1): 1‑15.

Duerden, P., Cohen, D.D., Clayton, E., Bird, J.R. and Leach, B.F. 1979. Elemental analysis of thick obsidian samples by proton induced X‑ray emission spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry 51(14): 2350‑2354.

Leach, B.F. 1979. Some applications of natural radioactive emissions in glasses. Journal of Glass Studies 21: 115‑118.

Leach, B.F. 1979. Fish and crayfish from the Washpool midden site, New Zealand: their use in determining season of occupation and prehistoric catching methods. Journal of Archaeological Science 6(2): 109‑126.

Leach, B.F., Warren, S.E. and Fankhauser, B. 1978 Obsidian from the Far North of New Zealand: a method of sourcing based on natural radioactive emissions. New Zealand Journal of Science 21: 123‑128.

Leach, B.F. and Anderson, A.J. 1978. The prehistoric sources of Palliser Bay obsidian. Journal of Archaeological Science 5: 301‑307.

Leach, B.F. 1978. Four centuries of community interaction and trade in Cook Strait, New Zealand. In: Specht, J. and White, J.P. (eds) "Trade and Exchange in Oceania and Australia". Mankind 11 (3): 391-405.

Leach, B.F. and Fankhauser, B. 1978. The characterization of New Zealand obsidian sources using thermoluminescence. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8(4): 331‑342.

Leach, B.F. 1977. New perspectives on dating obsidian artefacts from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Science 20: 123‑138.

Leach, B.F. 1977. Dentalium shell in New Zealand archaeological sites. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(4): 473-483.

Houghton, P., Leach, B.F. and Sutton, D.G. 1975. The estimation of stature of prehistoric Polynesians in New Zealand. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84(3): 325‑336.

Leach, B.F. and Anderson, A.J. 1974. The transformation from an estuarine to a lacustrine environment in the Lower Wairarapa. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4(3): 267‑275.

Leach, B.F. 1972. Review Article of Green, R.C. and J.M. Davidson (eds): Archaeology in Western Samoa, Vol.1. Journal of the Polynesian Society 81(1): 109‑119.

Higham, C.F.W. and Leach, B.F. 1971. An early centre of bovine domestication in South East Asia. Science 172: 54‑56.

Papers in Books and Monographs

Leach, B.F. 2008. Atholl John Anderson: No ordinary archaeologist. pp 1‑29. In: Clark, G. Leach,B.F. and O'Conner, S. (eds) 2008. Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Papers in honour of Atholl Anderson. Terra Australis 29. Australian National University Press.

Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. 2008. A cache of one‑piece fish hooks from Pohara, Takaka, New Zealand. pp. 185‑202. In: Clark, G. Leach,B.F. and O'Conner, S. (eds) 2008. Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Papers in honour of Atholl Anderson. Terra Australis 29. Australian National University Press.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Claridge, G., Ward, G., and Craib, J. 2008. The physical and mineralogical characteristics of pottery from Mochong, Rota, Mariana Islands. pp. 435‑452. In: Clark, G. Leach,B.F. and O'Conner, S. (eds) 2008. Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Papers in honour of Atholl Anderson. Terra Australis 29. Australian National University Press.

Leach, B.F. 2007. A cache of fishhooks from Serendipity Cave, Jackson Bay, New Zealand. pp 79–95. In: Anderson, A.J., Green, K. and Leach, B.F. (eds). Vastly Ingenious: The archaeology of material culture in honour of Janet M. Davidson. Otago University Press. 319 pp.

Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. 2002. Bridge or Barrier? Maori occupation on the shores of Cook Strait, New Zealand. pp. 255-273 In: Ladefoged, T. and Graves, M. (eds) Pacific Landscapes: Archaeological perspectives. The Easter Island Foundation and Bearsville Press, Los Osos, California.

Davidson, J.M., Leach, B.F. and Sand, C. 2002. Three thousand years of fishing in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. pp.153-164 In: Bedford, S., Sand, C. and Burley, D. (eds) Fifty Years in the Field. Essays in honour and celebration of Richard Shutler Jr's archaeological career. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 25, Auckland.

Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. 2001. The strandlooper concept and economic naievte. pp 115-123 In: Clark, G., Anderson, A.J. and Sorovi-Vunidilo, T. (eds) The Archaeology of Lapita Dispersal in Oceania. Papers from the Fourth Lapita Conference, June 2000, Canberra, Australia. Pandanus Books, Australian National University, Canberra.

Leach, B.F., Budec-Piric, A. and Davidson, J.M. 2001. Analyse des ossements de poissons des abris de Tiouande. pp 75–78 In: Sand, C. (ed.) Tiouandé: Archaeologie d'un massif de karst di Nord-est de la grande terre (Nouvelle Calédonie). Le Cahiers de l'archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie 12.

Leach, B.F. 2000. New Zealand oyobi Taiheiyoo‑Chiiki ni okeru Senshi‑Gyoroo to Kaiyoo‑Kankyoo ni taisuru Jin‑iteki Eikyou. In: Akira Matsui (ed.) Kino Bunka Honeno Bunka. Nabunken (Nara National Cultural Properties Rsearch Institute (In Japanese). 11 pp.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 2000. Fishing: A neglected aspect of Oceanic Economy. pp 412–426 In: Anderson, A.J. and Murray, T. (eds) Australian archaeologist: papers on world prehistory in honour of Jim Allen. Coombs Academic Publishing, Australian National University, Canberra.

Leach, B.F. 1997. Stone resources—their discovery and use. Plate 14: Historical Atlas of New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Athens, J.S. 1996. Mass harvesting of fish in the waterways of Nan Madol. pp. 319–341 In: Davidson, J.M., Irwin, G., Leach, B.F., Pawley, A. and Brown, D. (eds) Oceanic Culture History: Essays in Honour of Roger Green. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication.

Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. 1996. Fishing on Nukuoro Atoll: Ethnographic and archaeological viewpoints. pp. 184–202 In: Julien, M., Orliac, M. and Orliac, C. (eds) Mémoire de Pierre, Mémoire D'Homme: Tradition et Archéologie en Océanie. Hommage à José Garanger. Publication de la Sorbonne, Paris.

Leach, B.F. 1996. Arts of the Chatham Islands. In: Turner, J. (ed.) The Dictionary of Art, vol.6, pp. 513–514. MacMillan, London.

Leach, B.F. 1994. Prehistoric fishing in Oceania. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Humankind. Weldon Owen and Bra Böcker. pp. 148‑149.

Leach, B.F. 1991. Contributor to "Fish remains" pp. 489-495 In: Cordy, R., Tainter, J., Renger, R. and Hitchcock, R. An Ahupua`a study: The 1971 archaeological work at Kaloko Ahupua'a North Kona, Hawaii. National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Western Archeological and Conservation Centre, Publications in Anthropology No. 58.

Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. 1991. Bird‑man amulets and Tridacna shell discs from Taumako, Solomon Islands. pp. 478-483 In: Pawley, A. (ed.) Man and a Half: Essays in Pacific Anthropology and Ethnobiology in Honour of Ralph Bulmer. The Polynesian Society, Auckland. Memoir 48.

Davidson, J.M., and Leach, B.F. 1998. Chapter 15: Fishing. pp. 335‑356 In: Butler, B.M. (ed.) Archaeological investigations on the north coast of Rota, Mariana Islands. Micronesian Archaeological Survey Report No. 23. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Center for Archeological Investigations, Occasional Paper 8.

Duerden, P., Clayton, E., Bird, J.R., Ambrose, W. and Leach, B.F. 1987. Obsidian composition catalogue. pp. 232‑238 In: Ambrose, W.R. and Mummery, J.M.J. (eds) Archaeometry: Further Australasian studies. Department of Prehistory, Australian National University.

Dennison, K.J., Houghton, P., Leach, B.F., and Peake, B.M. 1985. Sample preparation and instrumental aspects of EPR dating of New Zealand human bone. pp. 341‑352 In: Ikeya, M. and Miki, T. (eds) ESR dating and dosimetery. Ionics, Tokyo.

Bird, J.R., Duerden, P., Ambrose, W.R. and Leach, B.F. 1981. Pacific obsidian catalogue. pp. 31‑43 In: Leach, B.F. and J.M. Davidson (eds) Archaeological Studies of Pacific Stone Resources. British Archaeological Reports S104.

Leach, B.F. and Warren, S.E. 1981. Neutron activation analysis of New Zealand and Oceanic obsidians: towards a simple screening technique. pp. 151‑166 In: Leach, B.F. and J.M. Davidson (eds) Archaeological Studies of Pacific Stone Resources. British Archaeological Reports S104.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 1981. The analysis of fish bone from Kapingamarangi. pp. 114‑122, Appendix 3 In: Leach, B.F. and Ward, G.K. 1981. Archaeology on Kapingamarangi Atoll. Privately Published by B.F.Leach.

Intoh, M. and Leach, B.F. 1981. Physical analysis of Kapingamarangi pottery. pp. 136‑137 In: Leach, B.F. and Ward, G.K. Archaeology on Kapingamarangi Atoll. Privately Published by B.F.Leach.

Leach, B.F. and Anderson, A.J. 1979. Prehistoric exploitation of crayfish in New Zealand. pp. 141‑164 In: Anderson, A.J. (ed.) Birds of a Feather. British Archaeological Reports S62.

Leach, B.F. 1979. Maximizing minimum numbers: avian remains from the Washpool Midden site. pp. 103‑121 In: Anderson A.J. (ed.) Birds of a Feather. British Archaeological Reports S.62.

Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. 1979. The Wairarapa Archaeological Research Programme. pp. 1‑10 In: Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. (eds) Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay. National Museum of New Zealand, Bulletin 21.

Leach, B.F. 1979. Excavations in the Washpool Valley, Palliser Bay. pp. 67‑136 In: Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. (eds) Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay. National Museum of New Zealand, Bulletin 21.

Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. 1979. Burial positions and orientations in Palliser Bay. pp. 205‑213. In: Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. (eds) Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay. National Museum of New Zealand, Bulletin 21.

Leach, H.M. and Leach, B.F. 1979. Environmental Change in Palliser Bay. pp. 229‑240 In: Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. (eds) Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay. National Museum of New Zealand, Bulletin 21.

Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. 1979. Prehistoric communities in Palliser Bay. pp. 251‑272 In: Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. (eds) Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay. National Museum of New Zealand, Bulletin 21.

Papers in Non‑refereed Journals

Harris, G., Burtenshaw, M., Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. 2000. An experimental kumara garden at Robin Hood Bay near Port Underwood, Marlborough. Archaeology in New Zealand 43(4): 301–313.

Leach, B.F. (under pseudonum) 2000. The competing influences of the `secular effect' and the `Groube effect': A curious side-effect of the radiocarbon calibration curve Archaeology in New Zealand 43(3): 241–246.

Davidson, J. and Leach, F. 2000.  Rescuing Knowledge. Historic Places 79 (November 2000): 34–36.

Leach, B.F. 1993. Archaeological information and barcodes. Archaeology in New Zealand 36(1): 20‑24.

Leach, B.F. and Law, G. 1979. Radiocarbon dating and the New Zealand Archaeological Association. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 22(3): 129‑133.

Leach, B.F. 1973. The Ngai‑Tahu migration: the `Norman Conquest' of the South Island. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 21(1): 13‑30.

Leach, B.F. 1977. A rapid method of sourcing New Zealand lithic material using a low power XRF Analyser. Oceanic Prehistory Records 3.

Leach, B.F. 1977. Progress towards the routine sourcing of New Zealand obsidians. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 20(1): 6‑17.

Leach, B.F. 1977. Sex and funebrial offerings at Wairau Bar: a re‑evaluation. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 20(2): 107‑113.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 1977. Fishing methods and seasonality at Paremata (N160/50). New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 20(3): 166‑175.

Leach, B.F. 1973. Obsidian in the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 16(3): 104‑106.

Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. 1972. Radiocarbon dates from the Wairarapa III. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 15(2): 76, 15(4): 163.

Leach, B.F. 1972. Multi‑sampling and absolute dating methods: a problem of statistical combination for archaeologists. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 15(3): 113‑116.

Leach, B.F. and Higham, C.F.W. 1971. Radiocarbon dates from Southland. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 14(4): 202‑3.

Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. 1971. Radiocarbon dates from the Wairarapa I. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 14(4): 199‑200.

Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. 1971. Radiocarbon dates from the Wairarapa II. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 14(4): 201.

Leach, B.F. 1969. Radiocarbon dates for the Oturehua Quarry Site, Central Otago. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 12(1): 52.

Technical Reports

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 2006. Analysis of faunal material from an archaeological sites complex at Mangilao, Guam. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 38. 45 pp.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. 2006. Analysis of faunal material from an archaeological site at Ylig, Guam. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 39. 29 pp.

Leach, B.F., Budec-Piric, A., Davidson, J.M. and Robertshawe, M. 2000. Analysis of faunal matarial from an archaeological site at Raumati Beach near Wellington. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 35. 67 pp.

Leach, B.F., Budec-Piric, A. and Davidson, J.M. 2000. Analysis of faunal material from two archaeological sites at Tiouande on New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 36. 30 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. 1998. Analysis of faunal material from an archaeological site on Cikobia, Fiji. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 28. 10 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K. and Burnside, G. 1998. Analysis of faunal material from the Pwekina archaeological site, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 29. 13 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. 1998. Identification of archaeological fish bones from the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 30. 56 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. 1998. Analysis of fish bone from archaeological sites in Vanuatu. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 32. 22 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K. and Burnside, G. 1997. Analysis of faunal material from the Vatcha archaeological site on Isle de Pines, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 23. 22 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Fraser, K. 1997. Analysis of faunal material from the Tiwi archaeological site on New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 24. 29 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. 1994. Analysis of faunal material from Ngaaitutaki, Tepaopao and Erua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 1. 43 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. 1994. Identification of archaeological fish bones from Matakana Island. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 2. 23 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. 1994. Identification of archaeological fish bones from Panau, Banks Peninsula. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 3. 8 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. 1994. Analysis of archaeological fish bone from Yelar, Faligochol‑1, Faligochol‑2, Powag‑1 and Powag‑2, Fais, Caroline Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 4. pp.

Leach, B.F. 1992. Archaeological sites on the Wharekauri Farm, Rekohu (Chatham Islands). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 22. 23 pp.

Leach, B.F., Horwood, L.M., McGovern‑Wilson, R., Smith, I.W.G., Ottino, P. and Ottino, M‑N. 1990. Analysis of faunal material from Te Ana Pua, Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 16. 57 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. The Wakatupapaku from Waimamaku. Museum of New Zealand Technical Report 18a. #H4 144 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. The Wakatupapaku from Waimamaku. Museum of New Zealand Technical Report 18b. #H4A 289 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. The Wakatupapaku from Waimamaku. Museum of New Zealand Technical Report 18c. #H4B Vol I. 254 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. The Wakatupapaku from Waimamaku. Museum of New Zealand Technical Report 18d. #H4B Vol II 263 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. The Wakatupapaku from Waimamaku. Museum of New Zealand Technical Report 18e. #H51 154 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. Cultural resource management at Waipoua Forest. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 19a. #H5 173 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. Cultural resource management at Waipoua Forest. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 19b. #H5A Vol I. 309 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. Cultural resource management at Waipoua Forest. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 19c. #H5a Vol II. 305 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1990. Cultural resource management at Waipoua Forest. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 19d. #H52 195 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1989. The archaeology of Maori marine food harvesting. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 10. 322 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1989. Archaeological time trends in South Island Maori fishing. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 11. 38 pp.

Leach, B.F., Boocock, A. and Horwood, M. 1989. Analysis of faunal material from Afetna, Saipan, Mariana Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 12. 107 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1989. The archaeology of marine food exploitation in Muriwhenua. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 13. 182 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1989. Analysis of Archaeological fishbone from Ana`io, Ma`uke, Southern Cook Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 14. 46 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1989. The Treaty of Waitangi behind the scene: Miscellaneous background documents relating to the Treaty of Waitangi, including three versions of the Gipps Unsigned Treaty, held in the Dixson Library, the Mitchell Library, and N.S.W. State Archives, Sydney. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 15. 318 pp.

Leach, B.F., Quinn, C.J., Lyon, G.L., Haystead, A. and Myers, D.B. 1989. Evidence of prehistoric Lapita diet at Watom, New Britain, from stable isotope research. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 21. 21 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1989. The source of obsidian artefacts from Kauri Point Birkenhead. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 17. 12 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Smith, I.W.G., Horwood, L.M., McGovern‑Wilson, R. and Roy, K. 1988.  Prehistoric fishing on Kosrae: Analysis of fishbones and other fauna from excavations at Leluh and Wiya, Kosrae. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 6. 55 pp.

Leach, B.F., Horwood, L.M. and Smith, I.W.G. 1988. Analysis of archaeological fauna from Kaloko, Hawaii. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 8. 47 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1988. Magnetic archaeological survey of three areas on Fort Canning, Singapore. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 9. 21 pp.

Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Athens, J.S. 1987. Prehistoric fishing at Nan Madol Pohnpei, Caroline Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 5. 34 pp.

Leach, B.F., Horwood, L.M., Smith, I.W.G. and McGovern‑Wilson, R. 1987. Analysis of faunal material from Songsong Village, Rota, Mariana Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 7. 54 pp.

Academic Reports to Various Organisations

Leach, B.F. 2003. Depletion and Loss of the Customary Fishery of Ng_ti Hinewaka: 130 years of Struggle to Protect a Resource Guaranteed under Article Two of the Treaty of Waitangi. Report presented to the Waitangi Tribunal, Document Wai-863-#A71.

Intoh, M. and Leach, B.F. 1985. An archaeological survey of the Yap Islands. USA Historic Preservation Office. 92 pp.

Intoh, M. and Leach, B.F. 1985. Archaeological investigations in the Yap islands. USA Historic Preservation Office. 200 pp.

Intoh, M. and Leach, B.F. 1984. The pottery traditions of the Yap Islands. USA Historic Preservation Office. 63 pp.

Intoh, M. and Leach, B.F. 1983. Comparative collections of terrigenous sand from Micronesia and Hawaii. USA Historic Preservation Office. 7 pp.

Leach, B.F. 1983. Nuclear microprobe analysis of Monotaxis granoculis teeth from the Palau Islands. USA Historic Preservation Office.

Intoh, M. and Leach, B.F. 1982. The physical properties of Ngulu Island pottery. USA Historic Preservation Office.

Intoh, M. and Leach, B.F. 1982. The physical properties of pottery from Nan Madol, Ponape. USA Historic Preservation Office.

Leach, B.F. and Ward, G.K. 1980. An archaeological survey of Kapingamarangi. USA Historic Preservation Office. 64 pp.

Leach, B.F. and Sutton, D.G. 1972. A prehistoric burial from Tiwai Point, Southland. Board of Directors, Southland Museum. 24 pp.

Popular Works

Leach, B.F. 1992. Museum information management with barcodes. Liaison News, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, October 1992: 6-7.

Leach, B.F. 1980. (under pseudonym) Conchiolin dating ‑ the needle in the haystack. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 23(4): 270‑272.

Leach, B.F. 1977. (under pseudonym) Artefacts, betes noires, and hybrid vigour. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 20(1): 44‑48.

Leach, B.F. 1973. Fishing tackle in New Zealand a thousand years ago. Kilwell Catalogue 1973: 57‑59.

Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. 1969. Archaeology in the Wairarapa. Anthropology Department, University of Otago. 53 pp.

Editorial Works

Clark, G. Leach,B.F. and O'Conner, S. (eds) 2008. Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Papers in honour of Atholl Anderson. Terra Australis 29. Australian National University Press.

Anderson, A.J., Green, K. and Leach, B.F. 2007. (eds) Vastly Ingenious: The archaeology of material culture in honour of Janet M. Davidson. Otago University Press. 319 pp.

Anderson, A.J. and Leach, B.F. (eds) 2001. Zooarchaeology of oceanic coasts and islands: Papers from the 8th International Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology, 23-39 August 1998, British Columbia, Canada. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 11(1-2): 1–171.

Davidson, J.M., Irwin, G., Leach, B.F., Pawley, A. and Brown, D., (eds) 1996. Oceanic Culture History: Essays in Honour of Roger Green. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication. 691 pp.

Leach, B.F. and Davidson,J.M. (eds) 1981. Archaeological Studies of Pacific Stone Resources. British Archaeological Reports S104. 237 pp.

Leach, B.F. and Leach,H.M. (eds) 1979. Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay. National Museum of New Zealand Bulletin 21. 272 pp.

Gathercole, P.W., Leach, B.F. and Leach, H.M. (eds) 1974. Comparatively Speaking, by H.D.Skinner. Otago University Press. 197 pp.

Leach, B.F. (ed.) 1970. Western Polynesia: A study in cultural differentiation, by E.G.Burrows. University Bookshop, Dunedin. 192 pp.

Leach, B.F. (ed.) 1970. A review of the prehistoric sequence of the Auckland Province, by R.C.Green. University Bookshop, Dunedin. 60 pp.