Dr Sam Leggett
@samleggs22.bsky.social
Lecturer in Computational Archaeology at Edinburgh Uni - early medieval bioarchaeology #isotopes diet & mobility, cemeteries, data viz, R enthusiast (she/her)
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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... and Leicester... Languages, History...
It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Leicester to consult on redundancies
University bosses are also planning to stop a number of courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
... and Leicester... Languages, History...
It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The next talk in the @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social Medieval Archaeology Seminar Series will be given by @samleggs22.bsky.social on 'Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA.'
🗓️ : 27 Jan 2026, 6:15-7:15pm
📍 : UCL
More info: buff.ly/eQyGGI1
#HSResearch #NHSFMembers
🗓️ : 27 Jan 2026, 6:15-7:15pm
📍 : UCL
More info: buff.ly/eQyGGI1
#HSResearch #NHSFMembers
Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA
The next event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Sam Leggett (University of Edinburgh) on 27 January.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The next talk in the @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social Medieval Archaeology Seminar Series will be given by @samleggs22.bsky.social on 'Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA.'
🗓️ : 27 Jan 2026, 6:15-7:15pm
📍 : UCL
More info: buff.ly/eQyGGI1
#HSResearch #NHSFMembers
🗓️ : 27 Jan 2026, 6:15-7:15pm
📍 : UCL
More info: buff.ly/eQyGGI1
#HSResearch #NHSFMembers
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🎃 ☠️ Our MSc Human Osteoarchaeology students have been #felting up a storm making vertebrae recently! A fun #mindful way of learning skeletal #anatomy led by Dr Linda Fibiger 🧶 #halloween #osteology #osteo #archaeology #EdinArch #Edinburgh #bones #EdinburghUni #craft @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎃 ☠️ Our MSc Human Osteoarchaeology students have been #felting up a storm making vertebrae recently! A fun #mindful way of learning skeletal #anatomy led by Dr Linda Fibiger 🧶 #halloween #osteology #osteo #archaeology #EdinArch #Edinburgh #bones #EdinburghUni #craft @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
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Our seminar this Thurs 30th Oct 16:15 in the SSLT is "Of rocks and hard places: from geopractices to extractivism in late prehistoric Europe" by Dr Beatrijs de Groot @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #Neolithic #pottery #Anthropocene #geology #lithics #prehistory #archaeology #EdinArch #Edinburgh 🏺🪨⛰️
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Our seminar this Thurs 30th Oct 16:15 in the SSLT is "Of rocks and hard places: from geopractices to extractivism in late prehistoric Europe" by Dr Beatrijs de Groot @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #Neolithic #pottery #Anthropocene #geology #lithics #prehistory #archaeology #EdinArch #Edinburgh 🏺🪨⛰️
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A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
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2/3 Recommended by @samleggs22.bsky.social based on reviews by Alexandra Johnson and 2 anonymous reviewers. All editorial work accessible here for full transparency: doi.org/10.24072/pci...
Modelling dental development and incremental dentine sampling - ...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
2/3 Recommended by @samleggs22.bsky.social based on reviews by Alexandra Johnson and 2 anonymous reviewers. All editorial work accessible here for full transparency: doi.org/10.24072/pci...
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⚠️Recall⚠️
Please be vigilant with this one guys, Tesco have just recalled in the last hour or so their Free From Breadcrumbs due to undeclared wheat! Details in the blog.
www.coeliacsanctuary.co.uk/blog/tesco-r...
Please be vigilant with this one guys, Tesco have just recalled in the last hour or so their Free From Breadcrumbs due to undeclared wheat! Details in the blog.
www.coeliacsanctuary.co.uk/blog/tesco-r...
Tesco Recalls Free From Breadcrumbs Due to Undeclared Gluten
Tesco have recalled gluten and wheat free Free From Breadcrumbs due to the presence of undeclared gluten making them a health risk for Coeliacs.
www.coeliacsanctuary.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
⚠️Recall⚠️
Please be vigilant with this one guys, Tesco have just recalled in the last hour or so their Free From Breadcrumbs due to undeclared wheat! Details in the blog.
www.coeliacsanctuary.co.uk/blog/tesco-r...
Please be vigilant with this one guys, Tesco have just recalled in the last hour or so their Free From Breadcrumbs due to undeclared wheat! Details in the blog.
www.coeliacsanctuary.co.uk/blog/tesco-r...
Had such a great time taking the students to the Cathedral and talking them through biomolecular techniques 🧬🧪💀
Our MSc Human Osteoarchaeology students started semester with a trip to @stgilescathedral.bsky.social for the #Edinburgh900 First Burghers exhibition feat. our @samleggs22.bsky.social & lots of great #osteology #aDNA #isotopes work to discuss! #EdinArch #archaeology #medieval #OneHealth #Edinburgh
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Had such a great time taking the students to the Cathedral and talking them through biomolecular techniques 🧬🧪💀
Such sad news! So lucky to have been able to meet her back in the before times. We’ve lost a legend who paved the way for so many and did such incredible work.
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Such sad news! So lucky to have been able to meet her back in the before times. We’ve lost a legend who paved the way for so many and did such incredible work.
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This week's seminar Thurs 2nd Oct 4:15pm in Sydney Smith LT " #Atapuerca archaeological sites (Burgos, #Spain), from #Palaeolithic to 2025" from our own @michaelbones95.bsky.social All Welcome! #EdinArch #prehistory #bioanth #archaeology #Edinburgh #UNESCO #OneHealthArchaeo @iphes-cerca.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This week's seminar Thurs 2nd Oct 4:15pm in Sydney Smith LT " #Atapuerca archaeological sites (Burgos, #Spain), from #Palaeolithic to 2025" from our own @michaelbones95.bsky.social All Welcome! #EdinArch #prehistory #bioanth #archaeology #Edinburgh #UNESCO #OneHealthArchaeo @iphes-cerca.bsky.social
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It’s fascinating how often those who appeal to history are woefully ignorant of history! “Saxon forefathers” is a classic 19th century racial dogwhistle.
Moreover, the “ancient liberties” thing is utter tosh.
Moreover, the “ancient liberties” thing is utter tosh.
So much weird in here, but hard to disagree that the average Saxon would have recognised policies of sinking vessels you don't like the look of, and imprisoning people who look different.
September 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It’s fascinating how often those who appeal to history are woefully ignorant of history! “Saxon forefathers” is a classic 19th century racial dogwhistle.
Moreover, the “ancient liberties” thing is utter tosh.
Moreover, the “ancient liberties” thing is utter tosh.
Is there anything better when dissertation marking than seeing your supervisees absolutely BOSS IT with beautiful graphs & maps? SO PROUD 📊🗺️ some STUNNING raincloud plots 👏
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Is there anything better when dissertation marking than seeing your supervisees absolutely BOSS IT with beautiful graphs & maps? SO PROUD 📊🗺️ some STUNNING raincloud plots 👏
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Please repost and amplify !
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina
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August 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Please repost and amplify !
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
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#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik - Uppsala universitet
Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala universitet
www.uu.se
August 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
Amazing news! Well deserved! Congratulations Jess!!! Very excited & proud supervisor! ⚔️ 🏆 🎉
🥳 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student Jess Nutt won Best Speaker for her paper 'Sagas and Swords: Early #Medieval #Wales and Evidence of #Viking Conflict' @ Society for Medieval Archaeology Student Colloquium @exeter.ac.uk last week! 🏆 📷 C. Mason #EdinArch #archaeology @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Amazing news! Well deserved! Congratulations Jess!!! Very excited & proud supervisor! ⚔️ 🏆 🎉
So awesome to see this out! Congrats to my amazing colleagues! Vera is an absolute super star 🌟 great to see all the filming of her work in the labs in such a great output 🥼 🧪 🦷
📣 NEW #OpenAccess #OpenScience 📄 🦷 article from PhD student Vera Haponava, Dr Linda Fibiger, Prof Catriona Pickard (@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social) & Ian (UoE Geosciences) detailing best practice in destructive analysis incl how to 🎦 @edopenresearch.bsky.social #archsci #isotopes #EdinArch #osteology
New in IA69. Haponava, V., Fibiger. L., Butler, I.B. and Pickard, C. 2025 Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis: A guide to the recording of archaeological tooth samples with laboratory process visualisation, Internet Archaeology 69. doi.org/10.11141/ia....
August 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So awesome to see this out! Congrats to my amazing colleagues! Vera is an absolute super star 🌟 great to see all the filming of her work in the labs in such a great output 🥼 🧪 🦷
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🛡️ Think Vikings skipped Wales? Think again!
Jessica Nutt’s poster dives into overlooked Viking conflicts in early medieval Wales, uncovering battlefields, movement, and surprising alliances through a predictive model.
A must-read for anyone interested in conflict archaeology! 👉 shorturl.at/DExym
Jessica Nutt’s poster dives into overlooked Viking conflicts in early medieval Wales, uncovering battlefields, movement, and surprising alliances through a predictive model.
A must-read for anyone interested in conflict archaeology! 👉 shorturl.at/DExym
Student and Early Careers Conference 2025: Jessica Nutt Poster Presentation
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July 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🛡️ Think Vikings skipped Wales? Think again!
Jessica Nutt’s poster dives into overlooked Viking conflicts in early medieval Wales, uncovering battlefields, movement, and surprising alliances through a predictive model.
A must-read for anyone interested in conflict archaeology! 👉 shorturl.at/DExym
Jessica Nutt’s poster dives into overlooked Viking conflicts in early medieval Wales, uncovering battlefields, movement, and surprising alliances through a predictive model.
A must-read for anyone interested in conflict archaeology! 👉 shorturl.at/DExym
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Always lovely to see my colleague, @samleggs22.bsky.social's work @maacambridge.bsky.social!
July 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Always lovely to see my colleague, @samleggs22.bsky.social's work @maacambridge.bsky.social!
The puppy is bored but I’m having a great time writing about the 11th century in the ☀️ @liabetti.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social #normans #earlymedieval #EdinArch #archsci
July 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The puppy is bored but I’m having a great time writing about the 11th century in the ☀️ @liabetti.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social #normans #earlymedieval #EdinArch #archsci
And a podcast episode to accompany the article! 🎧
Our latest collaboration with the journal Speculum is out now! #speculumspotlight 💡
July 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
And a podcast episode to accompany the article! 🎧
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📣 New FREE access article out from our Dr Sam Leggett & Dr Emma Smith, with @robin-f.bsky.social @bostoncollege.bsky.social using biomolecular archaeology on a cemetery in Alton Hampshire to help reframe the transition to the Early Middle Ages @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social #edinarch
Our new article is out in Speculum! @robin-f.bsky.social called it “ #isotopes for poets” it’s a fab ongoing interdisciplinary project on a late #Roman & #EarlyMedieval cemetery in Hampshire read more 🔗 https//doi.org/10.... @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social #archsci
Rethinking Grand Narratives: Mobility, Diet, and Health in a Small Corner of Early Medieval Hampshire | Speculum: Vol 100, No 3
www.journals.uchicago.edu
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📣 New FREE access article out from our Dr Sam Leggett & Dr Emma Smith, with @robin-f.bsky.social @bostoncollege.bsky.social using biomolecular archaeology on a cemetery in Alton Hampshire to help reframe the transition to the Early Middle Ages @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social #edinarch
Our new article is out in Speculum! @robin-f.bsky.social called it “ #isotopes for poets” it’s a fab ongoing interdisciplinary project on a late #Roman & #EarlyMedieval cemetery in Hampshire read more 🔗 https//doi.org/10.... @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social #archsci
Rethinking Grand Narratives: Mobility, Diet, and Health in a Small Corner of Early Medieval Hampshire | Speculum: Vol 100, No 3
www.journals.uchicago.edu
July 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our new article is out in Speculum! @robin-f.bsky.social called it “ #isotopes for poets” it’s a fab ongoing interdisciplinary project on a late #Roman & #EarlyMedieval cemetery in Hampshire read more 🔗 https//doi.org/10.... @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social #archsci
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Perfect reading for St Alban’s Day on Sunday ;)
It's widely agreed that there was a continuous Christian cult around St Alban from late Roman Britain to early medieval England. This new article by Megan Bunce challenges that consensus:
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St Alban, Germanus of Auxerre, and a cult at Verulamium
This article argues that there is no strong evidence for the continuity of the cult of St Alban at Verulamium from the fifth to the eighth century. The written evidence suggests rather that the marty....
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June 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Perfect reading for St Alban’s Day on Sunday ;)
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SHARP is pleased to announce that our publication 'The Anglo-Saxon Agricultural Revolution in Norfolk' based on the 25th Anniversary conference held in 2020 is off to the printers!
We are aiming for a book launch on the first Tuesday lecture, and it will be available to purchase during the season.
We are aiming for a book launch on the first Tuesday lecture, and it will be available to purchase during the season.
June 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
SHARP is pleased to announce that our publication 'The Anglo-Saxon Agricultural Revolution in Norfolk' based on the 25th Anniversary conference held in 2020 is off to the printers!
We are aiming for a book launch on the first Tuesday lecture, and it will be available to purchase during the season.
We are aiming for a book launch on the first Tuesday lecture, and it will be available to purchase during the season.