On Wednesday 14 March 2018, in Burns 5 seminar room at 3.30pm, the Centre for Global Migrations and Department of History and Art History host a joint seminar from Professor Hallie Buckley (Anatomy) and Dr Peter Petchey (Anthropology and Archaeology).
Titled ‘The best of times, the worst of times: A biocultural investigation of 19th century life in Otago, New Zealand’, the talk will showcase how historic cemeteries provide a wealth of biological and cultural information to illuminate the health and diet of miners and early settlers, the development of a New Zealand identity, and the context of the landscapes in which these early migrants lived. It was both the best of times and the worst of times, with the promise of easy wealth but the risk of sickness of violent death.
A seminar poster can be downloaded here seminar 2018 buckley (PDF 872KB).
