Naomi Sykes FSA is a zooarchaeologist and is currently the Lawrence Professor of Archaeology at the University of Exeter.
Sykes' early work studied the zooarchaeology of the Norman Conquest in Britain.
[1] In 2011, Sykes won the Society for Medieval Archaeology's Martyn Jope Award for "the best novel interpretation, application of analytical method or presentation of new findings" published in that year's volume of Medieval Archaeology along with co-author Ruth F.
[4][5] In 2014 Sykes published Beastly Questions, which has been described as "a lucid, thought-provoking and challenging review of the state of the discipline.
[7] She is a member of the editorial board of World Archaeology journal.