UCL Institute of Archaeology

• B.Sc Pg Dip A.I.F.A, R.F.P
• Forensic Archaeologist, Archaeology South-East
• 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

• 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