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Naomi Sykes

Lecturer in Zooarchaeology, Faculty of Arts

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Biography

Since Sept 06: Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham

2007-11: Committee Member, Association for Environmental Archaeology

2005-08: Council Member, Society of Medieval Archaeology

Sept 05 - June 06: Lecturer in Bioarchaeology, University of Cardiff

2005: Co-founder of Professional Zooarchaeology Group

Sept 02 - June 05: Research Fellow, University of Southampton

Research Summary

My research focuses on human-animal relationships and how they inform on the structure, ideology and practice of past societies. My approach is to integrate animal bone data with other categories of… read more

Recent Publications

  • SYKES, N.J., CARDEN, R.F. and HARRIS, K., 2011. Changes in the size and shape of fallow deer—evidence for the movement and management of a species International Journal of Osteoarchaeolgy.
  • SYKES, N.J., 2011. Woods and the wild. In: HAMEROW, H., HINTON, D.A. and CRAWFORD, S., eds., Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Oxford University Press. 327-345
  • SYKES, N and CARDEN, R F, 2011. Were Fallow Deer Spotted (OE *pohha/*pocca) in Anglo-Saxon England? Reviewing the Evidence for Dama dama dama in Early Medieval Europe Medieval Archaeology. 55, 138-162
  • SYKES, N.J., BAKER, K.H., CARDEN, R.F., HIGHAM, T.F.G., HOELZEL, A.R. and STEVENS, R.E., 2011. New evidence for the establishment and management of the European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in Roman Britain Journal of Archaeological Science. 38(1), 156-165

Current Research

My research focuses on human-animal relationships and how they inform on the structure, ideology and practice of past societies. My approach is to integrate animal bone data with other categories of material culture, and with wider archaeological, historical, scientific and anthropological discussions. As such, my research has wide geographical and temporal applicability. Current major themes include:

Currently involved in the following field projects:

Past Research

Zooarchaeology of medieval England and the Norman Conquest

Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna

  • SYKES, N.J., CARDEN, R.F. and HARRIS, K., 2011. Changes in the size and shape of fallow deer—evidence for the movement and management of a species International Journal of Osteoarchaeolgy.
  • SYKES, N.J., 2011. Woods and the wild. In: HAMEROW, H., HINTON, D.A. and CRAWFORD, S., eds., Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Oxford University Press. 327-345
  • SYKES, N and CARDEN, R F, 2011. Were Fallow Deer Spotted (OE *pohha/*pocca) in Anglo-Saxon England? Reviewing the Evidence for Dama dama dama in Early Medieval Europe Medieval Archaeology. 55, 138-162
  • SYKES, N.J., BAKER, K.H., CARDEN, R.F., HIGHAM, T.F.G., HOELZEL, A.R. and STEVENS, R.E., 2011. New evidence for the establishment and management of the European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in Roman Britain Journal of Archaeological Science. 38(1), 156-165
  • SYKES, N.J., 2010. Deer, land, knives and halls: social change in early medieval England Antiquaries Journal. 90, 175-193
  • SYKES, N.J, 2010. Worldviews in transition: the impact of exotic plants and animals on Iron Age/Romano-British landscapes Landscapes. 10(2), 19-36
  • SYKES, N.J., 2010. Fallow Deer. In: O'CONNOR, T and SYKES N.J., eds., Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna Oxford: Windgather. 51-58
  • O'CONNOR, T. AND SYKES, N.J., ed., 2010. Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna Oxford: Windgather.
  • SYKES, N.J AND CURL, J., 2010. The Rabbit. In: O'CONNOR, T and SYKES, N.J, eds., Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna Oxford: Windgather. 116-126
  • SYKES, N.J., 2009. Animals, the bones of medieval society. In: GILCHRIST, R. and REYNOLDS, A., eds., Reflections: 50 years of Medieval Archaeology 1957-2007 Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 30. Maney. 347-361
  • SYKES, N., 2007. The Norman Conquest: A Zooarchaeological Perspective Oxford: Archaeopress.
  • SYKES, N. and SYMMONS, R., 2007. Sexing cattle horn-cores: problems and progress International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 17, 514-523
  • SYKES, N. J., 2007. Animal bones and animal parks. In: LIDDIARD, R., ed., The Medieval Deer Park: new perspectives Macclesfield: Windgather Press. 49-62
  • SYKES, N. J., 2007. Taking sides: the social life of venison in medieval England In: Breaking and Shaping Beastly Bodies: Animals as Material Culture in the Middle Ages.
  • SYKES, N., WHITE, J., HAYES, T. and PALMER, M., 2006. Tracking animals using strontium isotopes in teeth: the role of fallow deer (<i>Dama dama</i>) in Roman Britain Antiquity. 80(310), 948-959
  • SYKES, N., 2006. From <em>cu</em> and <em>sceap</em> to <em>beffe</em> and <em>motton</em>: the management, distribution and consumption of cattle and sheep AD 410-1550. In: WOOLGAR, C and SERJEANTSON, D. AND WALDRON, T., eds., Food in Medieval England: Diet and Nutrition Oxford, Oxford University Press.. 56-71
  • SYKES, N. J., 2006. The impact of the Normans on hunting practices in England. In: WOOLGAR, C and SERJEANTSON, D. AND WALDRON, T., eds., Food in Medieval England: Diet and Nutrition Oxford University Press. 162-175
  • SYKES, N., 2005. The dynamics of status symbols: wildfowl exploitation in England AD 410-1550 Archaeological Journal. 161, 82-105
  • SYKES, N., 2005. The zooarchaeology of the Norman Conquest Anglo-Norman Studies. 27, 185-97
  • SYKES, N., 2005. Hunting for the Normans: zooarchaeology evidence for medieval identity. In: PLUSKOWSKI, A., ed., Just skin and bones? : new perspectives on human-animal relations in the historical past Oxford: Archaeopress. 71-78
  • SYKES, N., 2004. The introduction of fallow deer to Britain: a zooarchaeological perspective Environmental Archaeology. 9(1), 75-83

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