Dr Sam Leggett
@samleggs22.bsky.social
Lecturer in Biomolecular & Medieval Archaeology at Edinburgh Uni - data viz & R enthusiast (she/her)
Pinned
🌟New Year exciting new OA paper🌟 doi.org/10.1080/0076... from myself @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & TC O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100" using #isotopes & #aDNA🧵⬇️ 1/
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
☠️ The next Munro Lecture 12/03/26 is by Professor Sabrina C. Agarwal @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 'Necropolitics in the collection: From colonial legacy to antiracist futures' FREE but booking is essential 🔗 http://hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-events/events/munro-lecture-necropolitics-in-the-collection
February 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
☠️ The next Munro Lecture 12/03/26 is by Professor Sabrina C. Agarwal @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 'Necropolitics in the collection: From colonial legacy to antiracist futures' FREE but booking is essential 🔗 http://hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-events/events/munro-lecture-necropolitics-in-the-collection
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
🦴 This week's ArchSoc/One Health Archaeology Research Group seminar will be by Simon Mays (Historic England) 'Osteoporosis past and present: Age-related deterioration in the nano-platelets of bone hydroxyapatite'. 🕰️📍 Thurs 5th February, Meadows LT, 16:15pm - all welcome! @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🦴 This week's ArchSoc/One Health Archaeology Research Group seminar will be by Simon Mays (Historic England) 'Osteoporosis past and present: Age-related deterioration in the nano-platelets of bone hydroxyapatite'. 🕰️📍 Thurs 5th February, Meadows LT, 16:15pm - all welcome! @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
Between 2018-21 we awarded Duncan Wright of @newcastleuni.bsky.social 3 grants totalling less than 5k, to explore Laughton en le Morthen castle. This led to an AHRC grant to investigate the transition of power btwn Saxons & Normans. This is what they found: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2026/02...
February 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Between 2018-21 we awarded Duncan Wright of @newcastleuni.bsky.social 3 grants totalling less than 5k, to explore Laughton en le Morthen castle. This led to an AHRC grant to investigate the transition of power btwn Saxons & Normans. This is what they found: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2026/02...
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100. The evidence from Archaeological excavations
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
shop.ria.ie/products/ear...
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
shop.ria.ie/products/ear...
Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100
How did people create and live in their own worlds in early medieval Ireland? What did they actually do? And to what end did they do it? This book investigates and reconstructs from archaeological evi...
shop.ria.ie
January 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100. The evidence from Archaeological excavations
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
shop.ria.ie/products/ear...
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
shop.ria.ie/products/ear...
This absolute behemoth of a book landed on my doorstep this week, excited to dive into it - but it’s so huge it might take me a good long while! But I spy lots of C14, isotopes & aDNA! ⚛️🧬The much awaited tome on Llanbedrgoch! 🏴 ⚔️ #medievalsky #archaeology @oxbowbooks.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 8:44 PM
This absolute behemoth of a book landed on my doorstep this week, excited to dive into it - but it’s so huge it might take me a good long while! But I spy lots of C14, isotopes & aDNA! ⚛️🧬The much awaited tome on Llanbedrgoch! 🏴 ⚔️ #medievalsky #archaeology @oxbowbooks.bsky.social
If you’re in/around London next week & want to hear me speak about lots of fun early medieval isotopes + aDNA come along on Tuesday! ⚛️🧬☠️
*HNY!* A gentle reminder for our first seminar of 2026 next Tuesday 27 January at 18:15 in Room 209 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. We will welcome @samleggs22.bsky.social (Edinburgh) for her talk on isotopes and aDNA in early medieval England. In person, free, open to all. We hope to see you there!
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If you’re in/around London next week & want to hear me speak about lots of fun early medieval isotopes + aDNA come along on Tuesday! ⚛️🧬☠️
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
☠️ This week’s OHA/ArchSoc research seminar is by Dr Jess Thompson (National Museums Scotland) “Curating Scotland’s Archaeological Human Remains: Past, Present & Future” 22/01 @ 16:15 in the Meadows LT 📷 Credit: Neil Hanna https://hca.ed.ac.uk/news-events/events/research-seminars/archaeology-seminars
January 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM
☠️ This week’s OHA/ArchSoc research seminar is by Dr Jess Thompson (National Museums Scotland) “Curating Scotland’s Archaeological Human Remains: Past, Present & Future” 22/01 @ 16:15 in the Meadows LT 📷 Credit: Neil Hanna https://hca.ed.ac.uk/news-events/events/research-seminars/archaeology-seminars
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
🦷 “analysis of tooth enamel samples collected from the remains of people buried in England b/w the end of Roman rule in Britain around A.D. 400 & the arrival of the Normans around 1100 indicates that migration to the island was continuous throughout the period” 🦷 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
News - Medieval Migration to England Tracked in Tooth Enamel Study - Archaeology Magazine
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Edinburgh, analysis of tooth enamel […]
archaeology.org
January 18, 2026 at 1:22 PM
🦷 “analysis of tooth enamel samples collected from the remains of people buried in England b/w the end of Roman rule in Britain around A.D. 400 & the arrival of the Normans around 1100 indicates that migration to the island was continuous throughout the period” 🦷 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
☠️ Our seminar 15/01 @ 4:15pm is by Prof @ancientchildren.bsky.social "Forgotten Children: The fetal and infant skeletal remains from the W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum, New Zealand" @universityofotago.bsky.social NB: this seminar is online only. #edinarch #archaeology #osteology 📷 EDITH LEIGH
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
☠️ Our seminar 15/01 @ 4:15pm is by Prof @ancientchildren.bsky.social "Forgotten Children: The fetal and infant skeletal remains from the W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum, New Zealand" @universityofotago.bsky.social NB: this seminar is online only. #edinarch #archaeology #osteology 📷 EDITH LEIGH
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
The Young Investigator Travel Award provides support for young researchers (postdoctoral researchers and graduate students) to attend SMBE2026.
📨 Award applications
smbe2026.org/abstracts
#SMBE2026
📨 Award applications
smbe2026.org/abstracts
#SMBE2026
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 AM
The Young Investigator Travel Award provides support for young researchers (postdoctoral researchers and graduate students) to attend SMBE2026.
📨 Award applications
smbe2026.org/abstracts
#SMBE2026
📨 Award applications
smbe2026.org/abstracts
#SMBE2026
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
Calling all medieval scholars - uncover the gendered, continuous migration that shaped early England! ⚔️🧬
This #OpenAccess study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c. AD 400–1100 👇
This #OpenAccess study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c. AD 400–1100 👇
📣 Published Open Access! 📣 "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c AD 400-100" 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2025.2583016 by @samleggs22.bsky.social @shakenbeck.bsky.social & O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social 🧬⚛️🧪🦷 #EdinArch #archaeology #medieval
January 12, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Calling all medieval scholars - uncover the gendered, continuous migration that shaped early England! ⚔️🧬
This #OpenAccess study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c. AD 400–1100 👇
This #OpenAccess study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c. AD 400–1100 👇
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
🏺
‘The cathedral says findings on the likely identities of those interred are expected later in 2026, while the wider project is planned to reach its conclusion by 2027.’
Well…fancy that.
‘The cathedral says findings on the likely identities of those interred are expected later in 2026, while the wider project is planned to reach its conclusion by 2027.’
Well…fancy that.
Winchester Cathedral Reburies Medieval Remains Linked to Royals and Bishops www.medievalists.net/2026/01/winc... #medieval #England
Winchester Cathedral Reburies Medieval Remains Linked to Royals and Bishops - Medievalists.net
Winchester Cathedral is reinterring remains from its famous mortuary chests after more than a decade of scientific analysis, with new findings on early medieval royals and bishops expected in 2026.
www.medievalists.net
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
🏺
‘The cathedral says findings on the likely identities of those interred are expected later in 2026, while the wider project is planned to reach its conclusion by 2027.’
Well…fancy that.
‘The cathedral says findings on the likely identities of those interred are expected later in 2026, while the wider project is planned to reach its conclusion by 2027.’
Well…fancy that.
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
A new study by @samleggs22.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & Tamsin O'Connell 'Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100'
arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
A new study by @samleggs22.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & Tamsin O'Connell 'Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100'
arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
Really excited that our *new paper* is finally out 🔥 This study is the first to quantitatively investigate museum visitors’ perceptions of historical analogies that compare concepts from the deep past to modern political ideas.
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
January 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Really excited that our *new paper* is finally out 🔥 This study is the first to quantitatively investigate museum visitors’ perceptions of historical analogies that compare concepts from the deep past to modern political ideas.
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
More on the stunning Iron Age carnyx found in #Norfolk with boar standard and shield bosses
👇👇👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Found by PreConstruct Archaeology and featuring in episode 2 of the new series of #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on BBC2
Wowzers 🤩
👇👇👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Found by PreConstruct Archaeology and featuring in episode 2 of the new series of #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on BBC2
Wowzers 🤩
January 7, 2026 at 9:31 AM
More on the stunning Iron Age carnyx found in #Norfolk with boar standard and shield bosses
👇👇👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Found by PreConstruct Archaeology and featuring in episode 2 of the new series of #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on BBC2
Wowzers 🤩
👇👇👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Found by PreConstruct Archaeology and featuring in episode 2 of the new series of #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on BBC2
Wowzers 🤩
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
Good to wake up to a news headline that has the words #IronAge #WarTrumpet and #Boudicca in it
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Good to wake up to a news headline that has the words #IronAge #WarTrumpet and #Boudicca in it
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
Early Medieval England Saw Continuous Migration, Study Finds www.medievalists.net/2026/01/earl... - research by @samleggs22.bsky.social @shakenbeck.bsky.social and Tamsin C O’Connell #medieval #England #history
Early Medieval England Saw Continuous Migration, Study Finds - Medievalists.net
A major bioarchaeological study combining tooth-enamel isotopes and ancient DNA finds migration into early medieval England was continuous from AD 400–1100, with regional and gendered patterns and…
www.medievalists.net
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Early Medieval England Saw Continuous Migration, Study Finds www.medievalists.net/2026/01/earl... - research by @samleggs22.bsky.social @shakenbeck.bsky.social and Tamsin C O’Connell #medieval #England #history
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
So far in 1066:
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
So far in 1066:
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
Are you a Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers or someone starting out in a field involving the past? Join us on 16 Jan for a free event to consider how the Society could contribute to early career support! www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
Early Career Antiquaries - Society of Antiquaries of London
We welcome Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers and those starting out in fields involving the past to join us in considering how the Society of Antiquaries could contribute to early ca...
www.sal.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Are you a Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers or someone starting out in a field involving the past? Join us on 16 Jan for a free event to consider how the Society could contribute to early career support! www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
It's been a pleasure being on the great organising team at York and Northumbria for next year's NEHN meeting - a collaborative worksop on the many histories of 'unwanted life'. Do see the CFP below, and send in a submission if it appeals!
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's been a pleasure being on the great organising team at York and Northumbria for next year's NEHN meeting - a collaborative worksop on the many histories of 'unwanted life'. Do see the CFP below, and send in a submission if it appeals!
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
📣 Published Open Access! 📣 "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c AD 400-100" 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2025.2583016 by @samleggs22.bsky.social @shakenbeck.bsky.social & O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social 🧬⚛️🧪🦷 #EdinArch #archaeology #medieval
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
📣 Published Open Access! 📣 "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c AD 400-100" 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2025.2583016 by @samleggs22.bsky.social @shakenbeck.bsky.social & O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social 🧬⚛️🧪🦷 #EdinArch #archaeology #medieval
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
Not an easy task for sure to study the real impact of #openscience but difficult to find cons except for the insane APCs. So let's make free open science with @peercommunityin.bsky.social and @peercomjournal.bsky.social
OPEN SCIENCE IS JUST GOOD SCIENCE
www.science.org/content/arti...
OPEN SCIENCE IS JUST GOOD SCIENCE
www.science.org/content/arti...
Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse
It’s hard to measure social and economic impacts of making papers and data free, researchers say
www.science.org
January 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Not an easy task for sure to study the real impact of #openscience but difficult to find cons except for the insane APCs. So let's make free open science with @peercommunityin.bsky.social and @peercomjournal.bsky.social
OPEN SCIENCE IS JUST GOOD SCIENCE
www.science.org/content/arti...
OPEN SCIENCE IS JUST GOOD SCIENCE
www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Dr Sam Leggett
𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰 𝗔𝗗 𝟰𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟭𝟬𝟬
𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴
This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c AD 400–1100.
doi.org/10.1080/0076...
𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴
This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c AD 400–1100.
doi.org/10.1080/0076...
December 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰 𝗔𝗗 𝟰𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟭𝟬𝟬
𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴
This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c AD 400–1100.
doi.org/10.1080/0076...
𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴
This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c AD 400–1100.
doi.org/10.1080/0076...
🌟New Year exciting new OA paper🌟 doi.org/10.1080/0076... from myself @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & TC O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100" using #isotopes & #aDNA🧵⬇️ 1/
January 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
🌟New Year exciting new OA paper🌟 doi.org/10.1080/0076... from myself @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & TC O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100" using #isotopes & #aDNA🧵⬇️ 1/