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What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’ (2025)
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Wright, E., Davies, C., Lamb, A., Miller, H., Rielly, K., Charlton, S., Kesson, A., Larson, G., Lewis, L., & O'Regan, H. (2025). What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’. Antiquity, 99(404), 536-552. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.228

Bear baiting was a popular form of entertainment in Shakespearean England that was staged across the country but formalised in the Early Modern entertainment hub on Bankside, London. Here, the authors bring together zooarchaeological, stable isotope... Read More about What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’.

The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy (2024)
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Baker, K. H., Dohert, S., Gray, H. W., Daujat, J., Miller, H., Çakırlar, C., Spassov, N., Trantalidou, K., Madgwick, R., Lamb, A., Ameen, C., Atici, L., Baker, P., Beglane, F., Benkert, H., Bendrey, R., Binois-Roman, A., Carden, R. F., Curci, A., De Cupere, B., …Sykes, N. (2024). The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(8), Article e2310051121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231005112

Over the last 10,000 years, humans have manipulated fallow deer populations with varying outcomes. Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) are now endangered. European fallow deer (Dama dama) are globally widespread and are simultaneously considered... Read More about The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy.

The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy. (2024)
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Baker, K. H., Miller, H., Doherty, S., Gray, H. W., Daujat, J., Gray, H. W. I., Çakırlar, C., Spassov, N., Trantalidou, K., Madgwick, R., Lamb, A. L., Ameen, C., Atici, L., Baker, P., Beglane, F., Benkert, H., Bendrey, R., Binois-Roman, A., Carden, R. F., Curci, A., …Evans, J. A. (2024). The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(8), Article e2310051121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310051121

Over the last 10,000 y, humans have manipulated fallow deer populations with varying outcomes. Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) are now endangered. European fallow deer (Dama dama) are globally widespread and are simultaneously considered wild... Read More about The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy..

Archaeological and biometric perspectives on the development of chicken landraces in the Horn of Africa (2019)
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Woldekiros, H. S., D'Andrea, A. C., Thomas, R., Foster, A., Lebrasseur, O., Miller, H., Roberts, J., & Sykes, N. (2019). Archaeological and biometric perspectives on the development of chicken landraces in the Horn of Africa. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 29(5), 728-735. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2773

Domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus L., 1758) were integrated into agricultural systems in the Horn of Africa as early as the pre-Aksumite period (c. 2,500 years ago), after they were introduced from Asia through land and maritime trade and e... Read More about Archaeological and biometric perspectives on the development of chicken landraces in the Horn of Africa.

The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment (2018)
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Miller, H., Baird, D., Pearson, J., Lamb, A., Grove, M., Martin, L., & Garrard, A. (2018). The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment. Levant, 50(3), 281-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2019.1651560

The circumstances in which domestic animals were first introduced to the arid regions of the Southern Levant and the origins of nomadic pastoralism, have been the subject of considerable debate. Nomadic pastoralism was a novel herd management practic... Read More about The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment.

The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere (2018)
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Bennett, C. E., Thomas, R., Williams, M., Zalasiewicz, J., Edgeworth, M., Miller, H., Coles, B., Foster, A., Burton, E. J., & Marume, U. (2018). The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere. Royal Society Open Science, 5(12), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180325

© 2018 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. Changing patterns of human resource use and food consumption have profoundly impacted the Earth's biosphere. Until now, no individual taxa have been suggested as distinct and characteristic new mor... Read More about The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere.

The relationship between the phosphate and structural carbonate fractionation of fallow deer bioapatite in tooth enamel (2018)
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Miller, H., Chenery, C., Lamb, A. L., Sloane, H., Carden, R. F., Atici, L., & Sykes, N. (2019). The relationship between the phosphate and structural carbonate fractionation of fallow deer bioapatite in tooth enamel. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 33(2), 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8324

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The species‐specific relationship between phosphate (δ18OP values) and structural carbonate (δ18OC values) oxygen isotope ratios has been established for several modern and fossil animal species but until now it has not been investigated... Read More about The relationship between the phosphate and structural carbonate fractionation of fallow deer bioapatite in tooth enamel.

Ireland’s fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records (2018)
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Beglane, F., Baker, K., Carden, R., Hoelzel, A. R., Lamb, A. L., Fhionnghaile, R. M., Miller, H., & Sykes, N. (2018). Ireland’s fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records. Proceedings- Royal Irish Academy Section C Archaeology Celtic Studies History Linguistics and Literature, 118C, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3318/priac.2018.118.01

The Anglo-Normans first introduced fallow deer (Dama dama) to Ireland in the thirteenth century, however no biomolecular research has previously been undertaken to examine the timing, circumstances and impact of the arrival of this species. This stud... Read More about Ireland’s fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records.

From icon of empire to national emblem: new evidence for the fallow deer of Barbuda (2017)
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Perdikaris, S., Bain, A., Baker, K., Grouard, S., Gonzalez, E., Hoelzel, A. R., Miller, H., & Sykes, N. (in press). From icon of empire to national emblem: new evidence for the fallow deer of Barbuda. Environmental Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2017.1349027

Barbuda and Antigua's national animal is the fallow deer, Dama dama dama, a species native to the eastern Mediterranean that has been transported around the world by people during the last 8,000 years. The timing and circumstances by which fallow dee... Read More about From icon of empire to national emblem: new evidence for the fallow deer of Barbuda.

The identification of poultry processing in archaeological ceramic vessels using in-situ isotope references for organic residue analysis (2017)
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Colonese, A., Lucquin, A., Guedes, E., Thomas, R., Best, J., Fothergill, B., Sykes, N., Foster, A., Miller, H., Poole, K., Maltby, M., Von Tersch, M., & Craig, O. (2017). The identification of poultry processing in archaeological ceramic vessels using in-situ isotope references for organic residue analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 78, 179-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.12.006

Poultry products are rarely considered when reconstructing pottery use through organic residue analysis, impinging upon our understanding of the changing role of these animals in the past. Here we evaluate an isotopic approach for distinguishing chic... Read More about The identification of poultry processing in archaeological ceramic vessels using in-situ isotope references for organic residue analysis.

Mirazón Lahr et al. reply (2016)
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Lahr, M., Rivera, F., Power, R., Mounier, A., Copsey, B., Crivellaro, F., Edung, J., Fernandez, J., Kiarie, C., Lawrence, J., Leakey, A., Mbua, E., Miller, H., Muigai, A., Mukhongo, D., Van Balen, A., Wood, R., Schwenninger, J.-L., Grun, R., Achyuthan, H., …Foley, R. (2016). Mirazón Lahr et al. reply. Nature, 539, Article E10-E11. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19779

Replying to C. M. Stojanowski et al. Nature 539, 10.1038/nature19778 (2016) "Contesting the massacre at Nataruk".

Is it time for an elemental and humoral (re)turn in archaeology? (2016)
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Jones, R., Miller, H., & Sykes, N. (2016). Is it time for an elemental and humoral (re)turn in archaeology?. Archaeological Dialogues, 23(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203816000210

This paper asks whether archaeologists might profitably re-engage with the pre-Enlightenment doctrines of elemental philosophy and humoral theory as paradigms more relevant for archaeological interpretation in certain contexts than much of current th... Read More about Is it time for an elemental and humoral (re)turn in archaeology?.

Both introduced and extinct: The fallow deer of Roman Mallorca (2016)
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Lamb, A., Valenzuela, A., Baker, K., Carden, R. F., Evans, J., Higham, T., Hoelzel, A. R., Lamb, A. L., Madgwick, R., Miller, H., Alcover, J. A., Cau, M. Á., & Sykes, N. (2016). Both introduced and extinct: The fallow deer of Roman Mallorca. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 9, 168-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.038

The archaeological record concerning the distribution and timing of fallow deer translocation across the Mediterranean has been growing in the last years. This knowledge has provided important insights into the movement, trade patterns and ideology o... Read More about Both introduced and extinct: The fallow deer of Roman Mallorca.

Wild to domestic and back again: the dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c.11th-16th century AD) (2016)
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Sykes, N., Ayton, G., Bowen, F., Baker, K., Baker, P., Carden, R. F., Dicken, C. A., Evans, J., Hoelzel, A. R., Higham, T. F., Jones, R., Lamb, A. L., Liddiard, R., Madgwick, R., Miller, H., Rainsford, C., Sawyer, P., Thomas, R., Ward, C., & Worley, F. (2016). Wild to domestic and back again: the dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c.11th-16th century AD). Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, 2(1), 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2016.1208027

This paper presents the results of the first comprehensive scientific study of the fallow deer, a non-native species whose medieval-period introduction to Britain transformed the cultural landscape. It brings together data from traditional zooarchaeo... Read More about Wild to domestic and back again: the dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c.11th-16th century AD).

Zootherapy in archaeology: the case of the fallow deer (Dama dama dama) (2016)
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Miller, H., & Sykes, N. (2016). Zootherapy in archaeology: the case of the fallow deer (Dama dama dama). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 36(2), https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-36.2.257

The abundant anthropological and historical evidence for animal-based medicine, or zootherapy, suggests that animals are, and have always been, perceived as important components in maintaining human health and well-being. Despite being interwoven int... Read More about Zootherapy in archaeology: the case of the fallow deer (Dama dama dama).

DamaDentition: A New Tooth Eruption and Wear Method for Assessing the Age of Fallow Deer (Dama dama): Tooth Eruption and Wear Method for Assessing Fallow Deer age (2016)
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Bowen, F., Carden, R., Daujat, J., Grouard, S., Miller, H., Perdikaris, S., & Sykes, N. (2016). DamaDentition: A New Tooth Eruption and Wear Method for Assessing the Age of Fallow Deer (Dama dama): Tooth Eruption and Wear Method for Assessing Fallow Deer age. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 26(6), 1089-1098. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2523

Reliable ageing techniques for wild animals are notoriously challenging to develop because of the scarcity of sizeable collections of known‐age specimens. Without such techniques it is difficult to reconstruct hunting patterns, which is a significant... Read More about DamaDentition: A New Tooth Eruption and Wear Method for Assessing the Age of Fallow Deer (Dama dama): Tooth Eruption and Wear Method for Assessing Fallow Deer age.

Disentangling the effect of farming practice and aridity on crop stable isotope values: a present-day model from Morocco and its application to early farming sites in the eastern Mediterranean (2016)
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Styring, A. K., Ater, M., Hmimsa, Y., Fraser, R., Miller, H., Neef, R., Pearson, J. A., & Bogaard, A. (2016). Disentangling the effect of farming practice and aridity on crop stable isotope values: a present-day model from Morocco and its application to early farming sites in the eastern Mediterranean. Anthropocene Review, 3(1), 2-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019616630762

Agriculture has played a pivotal role in shaping landscapes, soils and vegetation. Developing a better understanding of early farming practices can contribute to wider questions regarding the long-term impact of farming and its nature in comparison w... Read More about Disentangling the effect of farming practice and aridity on crop stable isotope values: a present-day model from Morocco and its application to early farming sites in the eastern Mediterranean.

Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya (2015)
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Lahr, M., Rivera, F., Power, R., Foley, R., Mounier, A., Copsey, B., Crivellaro, F., Edung, J., Fernandez, J., Kiarie, C., Lawrence, J., Leakey, A., Mbua, E., Miller, H., Muigai, A., Mukhongo, D., Van Baelen, A., Wood, R., Schwenninger, J.-L., Grun, R., …Wilshaw, A. (2016). Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya. Nature, 529, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16477

The nature of inter-group relations among prehistoric hunter-gatherers remains disputed, with arguments in favour and against the existence of warfare before the development of sedentary societies. Here we report on a case of inter-group violence tow... Read More about Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya.

Dead or alive?: investigating long-distance transport of live fallow deer and their body parts in antiquity (2014)
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Miller, H., Carden, R. F., Evans, J., Lamb, A. L., Madgwick, R., Osborne, D., Symmons, R., & Sykes, N. (in press). Dead or alive?: investigating long-distance transport of live fallow deer and their body parts in antiquity. Environmental Archaeology, 21(3), https://doi.org/10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000043

The extent to which breeding populations of fallow deer were established in Roman Europe has been obscured by the possibility that the skeletal remains of the species, in particular Dama foot bones and antlers, were traded over long distances as obje... Read More about Dead or alive?: investigating long-distance transport of live fallow deer and their body parts in antiquity.