People - Staff at Archaeology South-East

Lucy SIBUN – B.Sc Pg Dip A.I.F.A, R.F.P

• Forensic Archaeologist
• Osteologist

Research Interests
• Forensic archaeology: all aspects of this developing discipline, but particularly the survival and longevity of fingerprints in the buried environment.
• Mesoamerican archaeology: the Spanish conquest, the impact on native cultures and how this is reflected in the archaeological record.

Professional Skills:
• Analysis and interpretation of human and animal bone assemblages
• Forensic consultancy to police criminal investigation teams
• Editing of archaeological reports

Career Summary
1996 - present - Senior Archaeologist (Forensic Archaeologist & Osteologist), Archaeology South East, UCL
1994 - 1996 - Assistant Field Officer, Archaeology South East, UCL
1994 - 1994 - Assistant Archaeologist. Archaeology South East, UCL

Qualifications
• 1994 – BSc, Institute of Archaeology, University College London
• 1998 - Pg Dip Forensic Archaeology (Bournemouth University)

Membership of Learned Societies and Professional Recognition
• Associate Member, Institute of Field Archaeologists
• Registered Forensic Practitioner
• Member of Forensic Search Advisory Group
• Member of Forensic Science Society
• Member of British Association of Biological Anthropologists and Osteologists



Recent Publications
Sibun L. 2004, Animal Bone, in Stevens, S. (2004) Excavations at 1-3 High Street, Seaford, East Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol. 142:79-92

Sibun L. 2003, Animal Bone, in Manley, J and Rudkin, D (2003) ‘Facing the Palace; Excavations in front of the Roman Palace at Fishbourne’ Sussex Archaeological Collections. Vol. 141: 125-130

Sibun L. 2001, Excavations at Syndale Park, Ospringe Archaeologia Cantiana 121, 171-196

Sibun L. 1999, Death at the Undertakers, in J. Downes and A. Pollard (eds.) The Loved Body’s Corruption. T. Cruinthe Press, Glasgow

Sibun L. 1998, ‘The Bodies of Friends’ The osteological analysis of a Quaker cemetery, in M. Cox, and R. Richardson (eds.), Grave Concerns: Life and death in post-medieval England. CBA Research Report 113, York

Sibun L. 1997, Animal Bone, in Stevens, S.(1997) Excavations at the Old Post Office site 15-17 High Street , Crawley, West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol. 135:193-208

Sibun L. 1997, Animal Bone , in Gardiner, M (1997) Archaeological excavations in Steyning, 1992-95: Further evidence for the evolution of a late Saxon small town. Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol. 135:143-171