Dr Shirley Curtis-Summers
Assistant Professor
| Faculty/Dept/School |
School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences (Faculty of Life Sciences) |
|---|---|
| s.curtis-summers@bradford.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +441274 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 using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis
- Identification and interpretations of disease and trauma through human skeletal analysis
- Funerary archaeology and the interpretation of status from the burial environment
- Archaeology of medieval communities: the relationships 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.
| Date | Role | Title / Description | Funder | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-JAN-17 - | Author/Investigator | Food for the innocents: a stable isotope investigation of childhood diet and nutrition from medieval Portmahomack, northeast Scotland. | ||
| 01-OCT-10 - 01-OCT-13 | Doctoral studentship Doctoral studentship | Arts and Humanities Research Council | ||
| 01-OCT-13 - 01-APR-15 | PhD stable isotope analysis PhD stable isotope analysis | NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre | ||
| 01-SEP-08 - 01-SEP-09 | NERC Masters studenship NERC Masters studenship | NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre | ||
| 01-SEP-08 - 01-SEP-09 | MSc isotope analysis MSc isotope analysis | Historic Scotland | ||
| 01-SEP-13 - 01-SEP-14 | PhD isotope analysis PhD isotope analysis | Historic Scotland | ||
| 01-JAN-17 - 01-MAY-18 | Portmahomack juvenile isotopes Portmahomack juvenile isotopes | Society for Medieval Archaeology |
Teaching
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
- 01-JAN-15: University of Liverpool - PhD
- 01-JAN-09: University of Bradford - MSc Human Osteology & Palaeopathology
- 01-JAN-08: University of Liverpool - BSc (Hons) Archaeological Science
- 05-FEB-18: University of Bradford - Lecturer
- 13-OCT-13: University of Liverpool - University tutor
- 08-MAY-13: Big Heritage - Consultant bioarchaeologist
- 03-APR-17: University of Liverpool School of Life Sciences - Educational Developer
- 08-FEB-16: University of Liverpool - Stable Isotope Technician
- British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology , member
- Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CiFA) , Affiliate
- Higher Education Academy (HEA), Associate
- Society for Medieval Archaeology, member
- Liverpool Medical Institution, Affiliate
- 05-FEB-18: Whithorn Trust (Dumfries and Galloway) - Consultancy (human osteology and public engagement)
- 01-AUG-11: FAS Heritage (York) - Consultancy (human osteoarchaeology)
- 01-MAY-10: Big Heritage (Chester) - Consultancy (human osteology and public engagement)
- 02-FEB-11: Manx National Heritage (Isle of Man) - Consultancy (human osteology)
Publications
| Title | Reconstructing the childhood diet of individuals b (2021) |
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| Authors | Stuart-Lawson, J., and Curtis-Summers, S. |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.150.1321 |
| Title | From Picts to Parish: Stable isotope evidence of dietary change at medieval Portmahomack, Scotland (2020) |
| Authors | Curtis-Summers S.;Pearson J.A.;Lamb A.L. |
| Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102303 |
| Title | A Knight's Tale: a rare case of inter-personal violence from medieval Norton Priory, Cheshire, UK (2016) |
| Authors | Curtis-Summers, S., Boylston, A., & Ogden, A. |
| Journal | Journal Of The Chester Archaeological Society |
| Title | Stable Isotope Evidence for Dietary Contrast Between Pictish and Medieval Populations at Portmahomack, Scotland (2014) |
| Authors | Curtis-Summers, S., Montgomery, J., & Carver, M.O.H. |
| Journal | Medieval Archaeology |
| Title | Digest of Evidence 9, The Human Bone (2021) |
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| Authors | Clark, J., Garner-Lahire, J., Spall, C. and Toop, N. |
| Journal | Lincoln Castle Revealed, The story of a Norman powerhouse and its Anglo-Saxon precursor |
| Publisher | Oxbow |
| Title | Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Nitrogen and Diet (2016) |
| Authors | Carver, M.O.H., Garner-Lahire, J., Spall, C. Garn |
| Journal | Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-east Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| Title | Inventory of Burial Data (2016) |
| Authors | King, S., and Curtis-Summers, S. |
| Journal | Changing Ideologies in North-east Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |