Dr. Shirley Curtis-Summers,Assistant Professor
Information about Dr. Shirley Curtis-Summers at the University of Bradford.
- School of Archaeological & Forensic Sci
(Faculty of Life Sciences) - Email:
- s.curtis-summers@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 238074
Biography
Specialist in human osteology, palaeopathology and stable isotope analysis. Research interests include:- Late Iron Age to Late Medieval archaeology
- Pictish and medieval lifeways in Scotland
- Medieval lifeways in Britain and Ireland
- Childhood health
- Social responses to infectious disease in medieval Britain
- Mortuary archaeology
- Reconstructing diet, health, disease and trauma in Britain and Europe
- Religious and socio-economic influences on past lives
Research
- Human and animal dietary reconstructions usingstable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis
- Identification and interpretations of diseaseand trauma through human skeletal analysis
- Funerary archaeology and the interpretation ofstatus from the burial environment
- Archaeology of medieval communities: therelationships between ecclesiastics and the laity
- The impact of medieval life(diet, labour, violence) on the body.
- Reconstructing aspect of health, disease,impairment (or disability) and social perceptions in medieval Britain.
Research projects
| Role | Date | Title/description | Funder | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-01T00:00:00 | ||||
| 2013-10-01T00:00:00 | ||||
| 2008-09-01T00:00:00 | ||||
| Author/Investigator | 2017-01-09T00:00:00 | This project will use stable isotope data to reconstruct childhood diets, investigate dietary influences (e.g. socio-economic, religious), and compare results to existing osteological evidence of nutritional stress. This study has the potential to challenge traditional assumptions that children are peripheral to our understanding of medieval lifeways in the Scottish Highlands. | ||
| 2008-09-01T00:00:00 | ||||
| 2013-09-01T00:00:00 | ||||
| 2017-01-01T00:00:00 |
Teaching
Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Shirley Curtis-Summers as follows:
Teaching interests
- Human osteology and palaeopathology
- Human musculoskeletal and virtual anatomy
- Stable isotopes and diet
- Reconstructing medieval lifeways
- Health, disease and trauma in past populations
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Dr. Shirley Curtis-Summers is as follows:
Consultancy
- Whithorn Trust (Dumfries and Galloway) - Consultancy (human osteology and public engagement) in the year 2018 (specified as 05/02/2018)
- FAS Heritage (York) - Consultancy (human osteoarchaeology) in the year 2011 (specified as 01/08/2011)
- Big Heritage (Chester) - Consultancy (human osteology and public engagement) in the year 2010 (specified as 01/05/2010)
- Manx National Heritage (Isle of Man) - Consultancy (human osteology) in the year 2011 (specified as 02/02/2011)
Education
- University of Bradford - MSc Human Osteology & Palaeopathology
- University of Liverpool - BSc (Hons) Archaeological Science
- University of Liverpool - PhD
Employment
- University of Bradford - Lecturer in the year 2018 (specified as 05/02/2018)
- University of Liverpool - University tutor in the year 2013 (specified as 13/10/2013)
- Big Heritage - Consultant bioarchaeologist in the year 2013 (specified as 08/05/2013)
- University of Liverpool School of Life Sciences - Educational Developer in the year 2017 (specified as 03/04/2017)
- University of Liverpool - Stable Isotope Technician in the year 2016 (specified as 08/02/2016)
Publications
There are 7 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Shirley Curtis-Summers. They are listed as:
- book chapter (3)
- peer reviewed journal (4)
Book Chapter
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Nitrogen and Diet | 2016 | Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-east Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD | Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-east Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD | Carver, M.O.H., Garner-Lahire, J., Spall, C. Garn | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | ||||||
| Inventory of Burial Data | 2016 | Changing Ideologies in North-east Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD | Changing Ideologies in North-east Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD | King, S., and Curtis-Summers, S. | 9781908332097 | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | |||||
| Digest of Evidence 9, The Human Bone | 2021 | Lincoln Castle Revealed, The story of a Norman powerhouse and its Anglo-Saxon precursor | Lincoln Castle Revealed, The story of a Norman powerhouse and its Anglo-Saxon precursor | Clark, J., Garner-Lahire, J., Spall, C. and Toop, N. | Oxbow |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Knight's Tale: a rare case of inter-personal violence from medieval Norton Priory, Cheshire, UK | 2016 | Journal Of The Chester Archaeological Society | 1 | Curtis-Summers, S., Boylston, A., & Ogden, A. | |||||||
| Stable Isotope Evidence for Dietary Contrast Between Pictish and Medieval Populations at Portmahomack, Scotland | 2014 | Medieval Archaeology | 58 | Curtis-Summers, S., Montgomery, J., & Carver, M.O.H. | |||||||
| From Picts to Parish: Stable isotope evidence of dietary change at medieval Portmahomack, Scotland | 2020 | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports | 31 | Curtis-Summers S.;Pearson J.A.;Lamb A.L. | 2352-409X | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102303 | |||||
| Reconstructing the childhood diet of individuals b | 2021 | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | 150 | Stuart-Lawson, J., and Curtis-Summers, S. | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.150.1321 |