Our article is out in early view today - have a read if you're into isotopes, colonial bioarch, or NZ history... or wait til Friday when we'll put up a blogpost with the highlights :P dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.2…

Today's blog is a highlights reel from our AJPA article - read all about using multi-tissue isotopic analysis to reconstruct life in colonial NZ! southernsettlerarchaeology.com/2020/05/21/rec…

A mitochondrial genetic divergence proxy predicts the reproductive compatibility of mammalian hybrids #ProcB ow.ly/BNuZ50A2Ait Charlie King Laurent Frantz @EvanIrvingPease Dr Ross Barnett Anna Linderholm Liisa Loog Ophélie Lebrasseur @Greger_Larson

Once upon a time I was lucky enough to be hanging out on the regular with these cool DNA peeps and chatting about possible hominin hybridisation, and now (just 3 years and a few rejections later) ... a paper!

Today on the blog: Did women even exist during the NZ goldrushes? You'd be forgiven for thinking they didn't... but spoilers, they totally did, and they did cool stuff. southernsettlerarchaeology.com/2020/06/12/wom…

Kia ora! NZAA is pleased to present a Zoom live webinar on Representation in Archaeology. The event will take place on Thursday 17th September at 6pm. Registration is compulsory. Please register using the link: Auckland ArchSoc Anthro at Auckland #nzarchaeology forms.gle/kwpsVKEGf4KZwC…

My lovely friend and colleague Dr. Melanie Miller has been cooking up a storm and publishing fabulous insights into archaeological residues - check it out! nature.com/articles/s4159…

My PhD student came up with this "inspirational quote" today... I'm sure she's fine though...

Look at this superstar (@BoneGuerrilla) finding some super old evidence for trepanematosis... otago.ac.nz/news/news/otag…

Our site directors (Hallie and Peter) have been hitting the news recently talking about our next project in Central Otago... so it seems like a good excuse to get back to the blog! southernsettlerarchaeology.com/2020/10/18/gea…

I’m very proud to be co supervising such a star!

Fellow archaeologists (and others, if you feel comfortable), please add your voice to condemn Robert Schuyler’s despicable behaviour which included shouting down an ECR woman and doing what appears to be a Nazi salute on camera. To say I’m disgusted and outraged would be (1/3)

We've been out in the field again recently, looking for long-lost goldrush settlements... southernsettlerarchaeology.com/2021/05/20/the…

Hey! It's my friend Dr. Kimberly Plomp breaking down Anglo-Saxon stereotypes like a boss... theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Thrilled to announce our annual ANU Bio Anth Keynote Lecture for 2021! This year we welcome the amazing Dr Amber Aranui Amber Aranui, PhD who is speaking on repatriation in New Zealand. Join us 22 July @ 4pm AEST via Zoom. All welcome, register free & please RT! shorturl.at/uCGO8

New blog post explaining the highlights of our NZ goldfields migration studies - better late than never! southernsettlerarchaeology.com/2021/07/19/lif…

Office vaccinations - done! #pfizered

Do you need to provenance things from New Zealand? Yes? Well then, you should check out my amazing PhD student @Robyn_T_Kramer 's strontium isoscape modelling. Hot off the press and I couldn't be prouder of her! journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…