Prehistoric

I have worked on bone assemblages dating to the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. These have included remains from Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement contexts, as well as funerary and ritual monuments, including a hengiform monument in Gloucestershire and burials in the East Midlands. In addition to the standard domestic species for assemblages from these periods, I have also identified and reported on aurochs (wild cattle) remains from sites along the Trent Valley.

Iron Age/Romano-British

Much of my work has involved analysis of bone assemblages recovered from rural settlements of Iron Age/Romano-British date. This has included sites across the East, West and South Midlands, Yorkshire and Southwest England, with remains retrieved during the course watching briefs, evaluations and strip, map and sample excavations, including several infrastructure schemes.

In addition to Romano-British rural settlements, I have also reported on assemblages recovered from York, including at the Guildhall and Micklegate sites, as well as the Little Chester fort at Derby and ritual deposits in the York area.

Early medieval

A core component of my PhD thesis was a synthetic analysis of animal bone assemblages from England dating to this period, to understand changing human-animal interactions and how this linked into social identity.

Individual assemblages of early medieval date that I have personally studied include Anglian deposits in York, the Late Saxon high-status residence at Bishopstone, Sussex, a possible estate centre at Sedgeford, Norfolk and a number of other rural settlements.

Medieval

I have analysed zooarchaeological assemblages from a number of urban centres dating to this period, including Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, Leicester, Oxford, Chester, York and Beverley. These have included domestic waste deposits, as well as craft working waste. Other assemblages of this period consisted of hunting lodges in Wiltshire and South Yorkshire and rural settlements.

Other work included a commission to undertake a synthesis of animal bone assemblages dating from AD 500 - 1650 from South Oxfordshire, which was subsequently used in a monograph.

Post-medieval to Modern

Most of the assemblages which I have worked on that contained medieval bones also produced remains of post-medieval or later date. These have included a large-scale tanning site in Chester, remains associated with workers at cutlery works in Sheffield, evidence for high-status dining at Nottingham Castle (as well as the unusual finds of three monkey skeletons), as well as domestic assemblages.