Abstract
The University of Otago Annual Archaeology Postgraduate Symposium 2025 featured eight excellent presentations and was held in Moot Court of the Richardson Building and on Zoom on 29 August 2025. Contributing to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and collegiality amongst staff and students, the Archaeology Programme was pleased to include postgraduate researchers from Biological Anthropology (Department of Anatomy) and Classics. The welcome was given by Dr Charles Radclyffe (Postgraduate Events Coordinator), followed by presentations by the postgraduates:
"An Injurious and Utterly Unfit Environment": Exploring Childhood Hardship in 19th Century British Colonial Contexts - Lucy A. Kavale-Henderson (PhD Candidate, Archaeology)
They came, they saw, they ate: Understanding subsistence change during the Romanisation of Portugal through faunal analysis - Olivia Charles (Honours Candidate, Classics and Archaeology)
Storytelling skeletons: How do we best communicate bioarchaeological stories to connect people of the present to those of the past? - Kirsten Rutten (PhD Candidate, Anatomy)
A Land of Plenty? Let’s Hear from Hairs! - Joseph B. Ogunsetire (PhD Candidate, Anatomy)
Exploring Māori Native Plant Use (c.1200s – 1810CE) in Te Tai Tokerau, Aotearoa New Zealand - Adelie Filippi (PhD Candidate, Archaeology)
An experimental archaeological investigation of 14th century Māori lure design and use: reflections at halfway - Bradley McDonald (Masters Candidate, Archaeology)
Is this fashion? Textiles and Buttons from Tūtakahikura - Sarah Dugdale (MArchP Candidate, Archaeology)
Bringing Out the Good China: Exploring transnationalism through the ceramic assemblage of the Lawrence Chinese Camp - Rachel Clark (Masters Candidate, Archaeology)