Hallie Buckley

New Zealand bioarchaeologist

Hallie Buckley

FRSNZ

Alma mater| University of Otago
Awards| Mason Durie Medal (2022)
Scientific career
Fields| Bioarchaeology
Institutions| University of Otago
Thesis|

* Health and disease in the prehistoric Pacific Islands (2001)

Hallie Ruth Buckley FRSNZ is a New Zealand bioarchaeologist and professor at the University of Otago.[1]

## Career[edit]

Buckley completed her PhD at the University of Otago in 2001, with a thesis titled Health and disease in the prehistoric Pacific Islands.[2] She then joined the faculty at Otago, and was appointed a full professor in 2017.[3]

Buckley's research involves the chemical, bio-chemical and DNA analysis of human and animal remains. She has worked extensively at the archaeological site of Teouma, but her highest-profile work to date was on St John's Cemetery in Tokoiti, near Milton. The cemetery, holding mainly the remains of first-generation immigrants from the United Kingdom buried between 1860 and 1926, had already been extensively researched by a local community group. Buckley's team examined remains from unmarked graves and used a range of scientific techniques to match them with historical records.[4][5][6][7][8][9] As of 2018[update], she was planning a similar project on the Chinese cemetery at Lawrence.[10][11][12][13]

## Honours and awards[edit]

In 2019, Buckley was awarded a James Cook Research Fellowship for bioarchaeological research into 19th century miners and settlers.[14] In 2022, Buckley was awarded the Mason Durie Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi, for "transforming the way we conceptualise the biomedical history of the ancestors of modern Polynesians, and ground-breaking discoveries of ancient disease in Asia".[15] Also in 2022, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[16]

## Selected publications[edit]

* Bentley, R. Alexander, Hallie R. Buckley, Matthew Spriggs, Stuart Bedford, Chris J. Ottley, Geoff M. Nowell, Colin G. Macpherson, and D. Graham Pearson. "Lapita migrants in the Pacific's oldest cemetery: isotopic analysis at Teouma, Vanuatu." American Antiquity 72, no. 4 (2007): 645–656.
* Tayles, Nancy, and Hallie R. Buckley. "Leprosy and tuberculosis in Iron Age southeast Asia?." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 125, no. 3 (2004): 239–256.
* Buckley, Hallie R. "Subadult health and disease in prehistoric Tonga, Polynesia." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 113, no. 4 (2000): 481–505.
* Bedford, Stuart, Matthew Spriggs, Hallie R. Buckley, Frederique Valentin, and Ralph Regenvanu. "The Teouma Lapita site, South Efate, Vanuatu: a summary of three field seasons (2004-2006)." (2009).
* Valentin, Frédérique, Hallie R. Buckley, Estelle Herrscher, Rebecca Kinaston, Stuart Bedford, Matthew Spriggs, Stuart Hawkins, and Ken Neal. "Lapita subsistence strategies and food consumption patterns in the community of Teouma (Efate, Vanuatu)." Journal of Archaeological Science 37, no. 8 (2010): 1820–1829.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Profile, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
2. ^ Buckley, Hallie (2001). Health and disease in the prehistoric Pacific Islands (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/6804.
3. ^ "Professor Hallie Buckley's Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Evolutionary medicine: How bioarchaeology can address health and disease problems in the modern world, Events, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
4. ^ "30 May 2016, Unique forensic study of early Otago farmers proposed, Newsroom, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
5. ^ Gibb, John (17 November 2017). "'Forgotten' cemetery offers health insights | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
6. ^ "New research method offers clues of early settlers". Newsroom.co.nz. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
7. ^ "Milton burial project gives back names to people in unmarked graves". Stuff.co.nz. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
8. ^ "Milton burial project 'a work in progress' to reveal the lives and deaths of early pioneers". Stuff.co.nz. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
9. ^ White, Samuel (26 July 2017). "Exhumed skeletons yield clues | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
10. ^ "Lawrence-Tuapeka Community Board backs major social and cultural projects". Stuff.co.nz. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
11. ^ "Chinese gold miners burial study project proposed at Lawrence cemetery". Stuff.co.nz. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
12. ^ "Positive community feedback for proposed Chinese burial project at Lawrence cemetery". Stuff.co.nz. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
13. ^ "Researchers to look into mystery graves | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
14. ^ "Hallie Buckley". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
15. ^ "Research Honours Aotearoa winners celebrated in Te Whanganui-a-Tara". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
16. ^ "View our fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Staff profile from the University of Otago
* Hallie Buckley publications indexed by Google Scholar
* Hallie Buckley on LinkedIn
* Publications by Hallie Buckley at ResearchGate

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Netherlands

Academics|

* Google Scholar
* ORCID

Other|

* IdRef