Dr Sian Ellen Halcrow

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Location: New Zealand
Work: bioarchaeology, biological anthropology, demography, health and disease, infant and child burial ritual, Southeast Asia
Biographical: Dr Siân Halcrow Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology Otago School of Medical Sciences University of Otago PO Box 913 Dunedin New Zealand +64(3)4795265 sian.halcrow@anatomy.otago.ac.nz Tertiary Education: PhD University of Otago, 2007, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology. BA (first class honours) University of Otago, 2002, Department of Anthropology. Publications a) journal articles Halcrow, S. E. and N. Tayles. (2009). “Talon cusp in a deciduous lateral incisor from prehistoric Southeast Asia” International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 18. doi: 10.1002/oa.1020. Halcrow, S. E. and N. Tayles. (2008). “Stress near the start of life? Localised enamel hypoplasia of the primary canine in late prehistoric mainland Southeast Asia” Journal of Archaeological Science. 35. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2008.02.002. Halcrow, S. E., N. Tayles and V. Livingstone. (2008). “Infant death in prehistoric Southeast Asia” Asian Perspectives. 48 (2) 371-404. Halcrow, S. E. and N. Tayles. (2008). “The bioarchaeological investigation of childhood and social age: problems and prospects” Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 15: 190-215. doi: 10.1007/s10816-008-9052-x. Halcrow, S. E., N. Tayles and H. R. Buckley. (2007). “Age estimation of children from prehistoric Southeast Asia: are the dental formation methods used appropriate?” Journal of Archaeological Science. 34: 1158-1168. c) book chapters Halcrow, S. E. and N. Tayles. (In press). The bioarchaeology of childhood, S. Agarwal and B. Glencross (eds) Social Bioarchaeology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Halcrow, S. E., N. Tayles and K. Cox. (In press). Human diversity in mainland Southeast Asia: a contribution from bioarchaeology. N. Enfield and J. White (eds) Dynamics of human diversity in mainland Southeast Asia. Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series. Berg Publishers. Halcrow, S.E., N. Tayles and N. Pureepatpong (In press). Southeast Asia. Nicholas Márquez-Grant and Linda Fibiger (eds) Physical Anthropology and Legislation: European Perspectives. Oxford: Oxbow. Tayles, N., S. E. Halcrow and N. Pureepatpong. (In press). Southeast Asia, J. Buikstra and C. Roberts (eds) History of Palaeopathology Pioneers. Oxford: University of Oxford Press. Tayles, N , K. Domett and S. E. Halcrow. (In press). Can dental caries be interpreted as evidence of farming? T. Koppe, G. Meyer, and K. W. Alt (eds) Interdisciplinary Dental Morphology. Basel: Karger. Tayles, N , S. E. Halcrow and K. Domett. (2007). The people of Noen U-Loke in Higham, C.F.W. Kijngam, A. and Talbot, S. (eds) The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor, Volume 2: The Excavation of Noen U-Loke and Non Muang Kao. Bangkok: The Thai Fine Arts Department. 243-304. Distinctions/Honours: University of Otago Health Science Career Development Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2008-2010) University of Otago Health Sciences Grant Development Award (2009) University of Otago Research Grant (2009) FoRST Bright Future Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship (2002-2005) University of Otago Prestigious PhD Scholarship (2002-2005) (scholarship relinquished to take up a FoRST Scholarship) Claude McCarthy Fellowship (2004) Australasian Society for Human Biology Postgraduate Travel Scholarship (2003) NZASIA2000 Foundation Scholarship (2002) Asian Studies Research Centre Grant (2002) University of Otago Senior Scholarship in Arts (2001) Freemasons Award for Tertiary Study (1997, 1998 and 1999) Employment Record: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (December 2008-December 2010) Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago. Assistant Research Fellow (July 2006-November 2008) Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago. Casual Lecturer (2003-present) Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago. Teaching Assistant (February-June 2002)
Favourite Publications: Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Journal of Archaeological Science American Journal of Physical Anthropology Asian Perspectives

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