Huw Barton

Archaeological scientist, quite interested in ancient starch, stone tools, and prehistoric diets. I work in deserts, rainforests, and quiet corners of my mind.

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

@anotherpersonio From an AHRC funding launch at the Royal Society. Please dispose of thoughtfully, I doubt it is all biodegradable! 😊

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

@WiltshireMuseum @uniofleicester @LeverhulmeTrust @unisouthampton @EH_Stonehenge @OJTH 📄 Check out the original research, it's FREE:
Materials in movement: gold and stone in process in the Upton Lovell G2a burial - Rachel Crellin, Christina Tsoraki, Christopher Standish, Richard Pearce, @ancientstarch, Sarah Morriss & @OJTH
https://t.co/KynNaQ1GMu
🧵
13/13

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

Two academics from the University of Leicester https://t.co/R3etNj8drb

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

@JoMcDonald12 Sad news. Mike made a great contribution to Australian archaeology and to desert studies more widely.

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

@BBCLeicester Fabulous news on this nomination!

[BBC Leicester @BBCLeicester]

Academics central to finding and identifying the king's remains are in line for a top civic honour https://t.co/9SpToKeDSR

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

More big digs from the ULAS team https://t.co/QzE2SeoyU5

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

RIII 10th Anniversary! https://t.co/RXB3CvkNTg

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

Congrats to ou 2020 graduates! 🎓🎓🎓 A bumper crop of stars. Good luck and best wishes in your new journey. @ArchAncHistLeic

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

The positive news is rolling in this week. Prof. Pim Allison has just been invited to give a Distinguished Lecture at Stanford in 2021. Well done Pim!

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

Congratulations to Dr Rachel Crellin, who has been invited to give the prestigious RAI Curl Lecture in 2021. The last recipient of this illustrious award was no other than our own Dr Oliver Harris. Great to see the next generation of staff forging ahead in this way.

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

A fantastic weekend event created by an energetic collaboration of School staff, Leicester Creative Business Depot, Classics for All, Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society & Friends of the Jewry Wall Museum. Website goes live 11:30 am tomorrow morning.

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

@DrEleanorScerri I’d happy to join. I have the enthusiasm even if I don’t yet have the tools!

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

@DrEleanorScerri The scanning technology exists. We could build up excellent digital resource once the sites reopen.

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

@DrEleanorScerri We will be having a group think about this at the next UAUK meeting. Is there already a digital resource of scanned archaeological/palaeoecological sections out there?

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

Fantastic to finally announce this award in the School. An incredible achievement from a bright new talent joining the team in SAAH! 😀

[Dr Sarah Inskip @SarahAInskip]

1) Good news! I am so excited to say that I have been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to study the impact of the commodification of tobacco on health in Post-Medieval Europe at the University of Leicester @ArchAncHistLeic

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

@AnimalBones That’s an interesting package of mitigation and sector reform

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

First batch of students completing their seed identification test in the new archaeobotany course at Leicester. Wouldn’t be possible without the skills of Danielle De Carle.

[Huw Barton @ancientstarch]

Great Offer Holder Day today! Enjoyable talking to prospective students and watching staff and students deliver excellent practical sessions on cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and pottery analysis and the literal cutting edges of the Roman army!

[Nishan Canagarajah @NCanagarajah]

Really enjoyed visiting @ArchAncHistLeic and hearing about their exciting campus-based and distance-learning programmes. Fascinating discussions about discovery of Richard III, the history of materials, and Roman textiles (including me wearing a toga!).