Naomi Sykes FSA is a zooarchaeologist and is currently the Lawrence Professor of Archaeology at the

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. Sykes researches human-animal relations in the past.

Biography

Sykes' early work studied the zooarchaeology of the Norman Conquest in Britain. Her thesis was completed at 2001 at the

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. Sykes was previously based at the

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, and is currently the Lawrence Professor of Archaeology at the

. In 2011, Sykes won the

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for "the best novel interpretation, application of analytical method or presentation of new findings" published in that year's volume of ''

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'' along with co-author

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. In 2014 Sykes published ''Beastly Questions,'' which has been described as "a lucid, thought-provoking and challenging review of the state of the discipline." Sykes was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2008. She is a member of the editorial board of

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journal.

Selected publications

* Sykes, N. 2004. The dynamics of status symbols: Wildfowl exploitation in England AD 410–1550. ''

Archaeological journal ''The Archaeological Journal'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal for archaeological and architectural reports and articles. It was established in 1844 by the British Archaeological Association as a quarterly journal, but was taken over by the B ...

'' 161 (1), 82-105. * Sykes, N. 2004. The Introduction of Fallow Zooarchaeological Perspective to Britain. ''

Environmental Archaeology Environmental archaeology is a sub-field of archaeology which emerged in 1970s and is the science of reconstructing the relationships between past societies and the environments they lived in. The field represents an archaeological-palaeoecologica ...

'' 9, 75–83. * Sykes, N. J., White, J., Hayes, T. E., & Palmer, M. R. 2006. Tracking animals using strontium isotopes in teeth: the role of fallow deer (Dama dama) in Roman Britain.
Antiquity
' 80(October 2005), 948–959. * Sykes, N. 2010. Deer, land, knives and halls: social change in early medieval England. ''

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'' 90, 175-193 * Sykes, N. 2010. ''Extinctions and Invasions: a Social History of British Fauna''. Windgather. * Sykes, N., Karis Baker & Ruth Carden (2011), ''Deer and People: Past, Present and Future'' (Handbook of the International Conference, 8–11 September 2011), University of Lincoln, 2011 * Sykes, N. J., Baker, K. H., Carden, R. F., Higham, T. F. G., Hoelzel, A. R., & 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 The ''Journal of Archaeological Science'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers "the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology". The journal was established in 1974 by Aca ...

'' 38(1), 156–165. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2010.08.024 * Sykes, N. 2012. A social perspective on the introduction of exotic animals : the case of the chicken. ''

'' 44(1), 158–169. * Sykes, N. 2014. ''Beastly Questions: Animal Answers to Archaeological Issues''. London: Bloomsbury.

References

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