| Tracking five millennia of horse management with extensive ancient genome time series A Fages, K Hanghøj, N Khan, C Gaunitz, A Seguin-Orlando, M Leonardi, ... Cell 177 (6), 1419-1435. e31, 2019 | 265 | 2019 |
| Beastly questions: animal answers to archaeological issues N Sykes Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014 | 215 | 2014 |
| The Norman Conquest: a zooarchaeological perspective NJ Sykes University of Southampton, 2001 | 167 | 2001 |
| A social perspective on the introduction of exotic animals: the case of the chicken N Sykes World Archaeology 44 (1), 158-169, 2012 | 99 | 2012 |
| From cu and sceap to beffe and motton NJ Sykes na, 2006 | 92 | 2006 |
| Tracking animals using strontium isotopes in teeth: the role of fallow deer (Dama dama) in Roman Britain NJ Sykes, J White, TE Hayes, MR Palmer Antiquity 80 (310), 948-959, 2006 | 91 | 2006 |
| Les Fouilles de Tell es-Sakan (Gaza) nouvelles données sur les contacts égypto-cananéens aux Iv e -III e millénaires P De Miroschedji, M Sadeq, D Faltings, V Boulez, L Naggiar-Moliner, ... Paléorient, 75-104, 2001 | 85 | 2001 |
| Inferring allele frequency trajectories from ancient DNA indicates that selection on a chicken gene coincided with changes in medieval husbandry practices L Loog, MG Thomas, R Barnett, R Allen, N Sykes, PD Paxinos, ... Molecular biology and evolution 34 (8), 1981-1990, 2017 | 79 | 2017 |
| Rabbits and the specious origins of domestication EK Irving-Pease, LAF Frantz, N Sykes, C Callou, G Larson Trends in ecology & evolution 33 (3), 149-152, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| New evidence for the establishment and management of the European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in Roman Britain NJ Sykes, KH Baker, RF Carden, TFG Higham, AR Hoelzel, RE Stevens Journal of Archaeological Science 38 (1), 156-165, 2011 | 73 | 2011 |
| Deer, land, knives and halls: social change in early medieval England N Sykes The Antiquaries Journal 90, 175-193, 2010 | 70 | 2010 |
| The Dynamics of Status Symbols: Wildfowl Exploitation in England ad 410–1550 N Sykes Archaeological Journal 161 (1), 82-105, 2004 | 70 | 2004 |
| Animal bones and animal parks N Sykes The Medieval Deer Park: New Perspectives, 49-62, 2007 | 60 | 2007 |
| Taking sides: the social life of venison in medieval England NJ Sykes Breaking and shaping beastly bodies: animals as material culture in the …, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens J Peters, O Lebrasseur, EK Irving-Pease, PD Paxinos, J Best, R Smallman, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (24), e2121978119, 2022 | 56 | 2022 |
| Strong population structure in a species manipulated by humans since the Neolithic: the European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) KH Baker, HWI Gray, V Ramovs, D Mertzanidou, Ç Akın Pekşen, ... Heredity 119 (1), 16-26, 2017 | 55 | 2017 |
| Questioning new answers regarding Holocene chicken domestication in China J Peters, O Lebrasseur, J Best, H Miller, T Fothergill, K Dobney, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (19), E2415-E2415, 2015 | 55 | 2015 |
| The introduction of fallow deer to Britain: a zooarchaeological perspective N Sykes Environmental Archaeology 9 (1), 75-83, 2004 | 55 | 2004 |
| The impact of the Normans on hunting practices in England NJ Sykes na, 2006 | 53 | 2006 |
| Fallow deer (Dama dama dama) management in Roman South-East Britain R Madgwick, N Sykes, H Miller, R Symmons, J Morris, A Lamb Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 5, 111-122, 2013 | 51 | 2013 |
