Contact Details
- Position
- PhD Student
- Department
- Department of Anatomy
- Qualifications
- BA BA(Hons) MSc
- Research summary
- Investigating childhood physiological stress through paleohistological examination of dental enamel
- Teaching
- Demonstrator BIOA201, BIOA301, CELS191 and Tutor for BIOA201/301
- Memberships
- ERG Committee Member (Postgraduate Biological Anthropology Representative)
Research
New Zealand was meant to offer a land of plenty to early non-Māori immigrants. Was this dream realised, and were their children offered better living conditions and life prospects than back 'home'?
My research focuses on elucidating the early lived experiences of physiological stress resulting in enamel formation disruption in early Otago settlers through the histological analysis of dentition.
By considering these results in a grounded framework of concurrent bioarchaeological research a bigger picture of health during the mid-nineteenth century can be drawn, highlighting the nuanced individual life histories that can often be lost to the historical record.
Publications
Kavale-Henderson, L. A., Buckley, H. R., King, C. L., Petchey, P., & Snoddy, A. M. E. (2024). Nostalgia for the old country: A histological exploration of early childhood physiological stress experiences in colonial Otago, New Zealand. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, e3281. doi: 10.1002/oa.3281 Journal - Research Article
Kavale-Henderson, L., Sohler-Snoddy, A., Loch, C., Petchey, P., & Buckley, H. (2023). A histological exploration of developmental stress in the enamel of 19th century Otago settlers. Proceedings of the 10th Asia Pacific International Congress of Anatomists (APICA) and the 20th Australian & New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA) Conference: Reconnect, Ka Mua, Ka Muri. Retrieved from https://apica2023.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Kavale Henderson, L. A. (2023). [Review of the book The Routledge handbook of paleopathology]. Childhood in the Past. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/17585716.2023.2235742 Journal - Research Other
King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Sohler-Snoddy, A. M., Kinaston, R., Kavale Henderson, L., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Petchey, P. (2022). Story of a Chinese sojourner: Using bioarchaeological evidence to reconstruct life histories from our colonial past. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 22). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Kavale Henderson, L., Sohler-Snoddy, A. M., & Buckley, H. (2022). An exploration of early lived experiences of stress in colonial settlers of Otago through dental histology. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 21-22). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract