I study the remains of babies from the past – and this is my blog.

I am a bioarchaeologist with a research interests in understanding major human transitions in the past through the experiences of the most vulnerable people in the population: infants and children. My work interrogates central archaeological questions of the intensification of agriculture and human responses to this seminal time in prehistoric Southeast Asia, East Asia and South America. I have a research interest in the ethics of bioarchaeology and human skeletal legacy collections.

I did my Bachelor of Arts, Honours degree in Anthropology at Auckland University and the University of Otago, and have a PhD in bioarchaeology from the University of Otago. I am a Professor in Biological Anthropology at the University of Otago.

I am the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Bioarchaeology International

sian.halcrow@otago.ac.nz

Follow me on:

Twitter 

Bluesky

Academia.edu

Researchgate

Instagram

Tumblr

I’m passionate about encouraging women in science, and have contributed extensively to Early Career Research and Women’s Education Groups. See my recent interview on increasing girls’ and women’s participation in Science and ICT here.

I look after the website and blog of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past. Check it out to see opportunities for joining this multidisciplinary group of researchers interested in childhood.