Professor Bob Johnston (he/him)

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Professor of Landscape Archaeology

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r.johnston@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2941
210, 9 Mappin Street

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Professor Bob Johnston
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
210
9 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT
Qualifications

BA, MA, MEd, PhD

Research interests
  • Landscape archaeology
  • Bronze Age Britain and Ireland
  • The archaeology of upland landscapes, particularly in western Britain
  • Prehistoric land enclosure in north-west Europe.
  • Community heritage
Publications

Books

  • Arnoldussen S, Johnston R & Løvschal M (2021) Europe's Early Fieldscapes Archaeologies of Prehistoric Land Allotment. Springer.
  • Johnston R (2020) . Abingdon: Routledge.

Journal articles

  • Hincks S & Johnston R (2022) . Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 67.
  • Griffiths S, Johnston R, May R, McOmish D, Marshall P, Last J & Bayliss A (2022) . European Journal of Archaeology, 25(2), 216-237.
  • Cook I, Johnston R & Selby K (2019) . Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 16(2-4), 553-571.
  • Pillatt TA, Thorpe G, Marwood K & Johnston R (2019) . Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, 5(2), 117-134.
  • Johnston R & Marwood K (2017) . International Journal of Heritage Studies, 23(9), 816-831.
  • Badcock A & Johnston R (2009) . Archaeologies, 5(2), 306-322.
  • Johnston RA, Ghey E & Edwards N (2008) Categorizing Roundhouse Settlements in Wales: A Critical Perspective. Studia Celtica, 42(1), 1-25.
  • Johnston R (2008) . Journal of Social Archaeology, 8(2), 190-213.
  • Fyfe RM, Brück J, Johnston R, Lewis H, Roland TP & Wickstead H (2008) . Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(8), 2250-2261.
  • Johnston R (2005) . World Archaeology, 37(2), 211-223.
  • JOHNSTON R (2005) . Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 24(1), 1-21.
  • Johnston R (1998) . European Journal of Archaeology, 1(3), 313-325.
  • Johnston R (1998) . Archaeological Dialogues, 5(1), 54-68.

Book chapters

  • Johnston R, May R & McOmish D (2021) In Arnoldussen S, Johnston R & Løvschal M (Ed.), Europe's Early Fieldscapes: Archaeologies of Prehistoric Land Allotment (pp. 185-207). Springer, Cham
  • Løvschal M, Arnoldussen S & Johnston R (2021) , Themes in Contemporary Archaeology (pp. 1-12). Springer International Publishing
  • Marwood K, Cleall E, Crewe V, Forrest D, Pillatt T, Thorpe G & Johnston R (2019) , Heritage as Community Research (pp. 171-186). Policy Press
  • Marwood K, Cleall E, Crewe V, Forrest D, Pillatt T, Thorpe G & Johnston R (2019) , Heritage as Community Research (pp. 171-186). Policy Press
  • Marwood K, Cleall E, Crewe V, Forrest D, Pillatt T, Thorpe G & Johnston R (2019) (pp. 171-186). Bristol University Press
  • Vergunst J, Curtis E, Davis O, Johnston R, Graham H & Shepherd C (2017) (pp. 153-172). Bristol University Press
  • Vergunst J, Curtis E, Davis O, Johnston R, Graham H & Shepherd C (2017) , Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research (pp. 153-172). Policy Press
  • Johnston RA & Badcock A (2013) Activism and Protest In Graves-Brown P, Harrison R & Piccini A (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World Oxford University Press
  • Johnston RA, Barker L, Driver T & Davis O (2012) Puffins amidst prehistory: re-interpreting the deep chronology of Skomer Island In Britnell W & Silvester R (Ed.), Reflections on the Past: essays in honour of Frances Lynch (pp. 280-302). Cambrian Archaeological Association
  • Johnston RA (2008) Later Prehistoric Landscapes and Inhabitation In Pollard J (Ed.), Prehistoric Britain Wiley-Blackwell
  • Johnston R () , The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age (pp. 311-327). Oxford University Press

Datasets

  • Johnston R, May R & McOmish D .
Research group

I would welcome applications from students interested in pursuing research into:

  • Landscape archaeology
  • Bronze Age archaeology of Britain and Ireland
  • Social and cultural aspects of later prehistoric agriculture
  • The archaeology of highlands, uplands and mountains
  • Theoretical approaches to human-environment relations.
  • Community and public archaeology
Current Research Students
  • Chris Atkinson - A landscape and environmental study of historic charcoal production in West and South Yorkshire
  • Michael Bamforth - Bronze Age woodworking and woodworkers: place, space and specialism in the English Fenland
  • Helen Basson - The Red Zones of the Somme – diachronic landscape perspectives on contemporary ecological trauma
  • Sally Derrett - Future fens: using palaeoecology to inform restoration and conservation of the Lincolnshire Fenlands
  • Kay Hamilton - Environmental histories of grazing and the sustainability of montane ecosystems: a case study in Eryri, North Wales
  • Dora Knowles - How are memory and commemoration of ongoing conflict formed, sustained and changed within the Korean peninsula?
  • Claire Moore - A contemporary archaeology of graffiti stickers
  • Becky Vickers - Working Stone and Making Places in Neolithic Wales
Teaching activities

Prof. Johnston is on research leave until September 2028.

Selected and Recent Publications
  • Hincks, S. and Johnston, R. 2022. . Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 67. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101423
  • Arnoldussen, S., R. Johnston, and M. Løvschal (eds). 2021. . Themes in Contemporary Archaeology. London: Springer.
  • Johnston, R., R. May and D. McOmish. 2021. Understanding the chronologies of England’s field systems. In S. Arnoldussen, R. Johnston, and M. Løvschal (eds). . Themes in Contemporary Archaeology. London: Springer, 185-207.
  • Griffiths, S., Johnston, R., May, R., McOmish, D., Marshall, P., Last, J., and Bayliss, A. 2021. . European Journal of Archaeology, 1-22.
  • Johnston R. 2021. Bronze Age Worlds: a social prehistory of Britain and Ireland. London: Routledge.

  • Cook, I., Johnston, R. and Selby, K. 2021. . Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 16 (2-4), 553-571.

  • Levene, R., Nesbitt, I., and Johnston, R. 2019. The Boundary. In E. Speight (ed.) Practising Place. Preston: InCertain Places.

  • Marwood, Kimberley, Esme Cleall, Vicky Crewe, David Forrest, Toby Pillatt, Gemma Thorpe and Robert Johnston. 2019. From researching heritage to action heritage. In Jo Vergunst and Helen Graham (eds). Heritage as Community Research: Legacies of Co-Production. Bristol: Policy Press.

  • Pillatt, T., Thorpe, G., Johnston, R. and Marwood, K. 2018. . Journal of Contemporary Archaeology 5(2), 117-134.

  • Smith, George, Astrid. E. Caseldine, David Hopewell, Robert Johnston and Richard I. Macphail. 2018. , Internet Archaeology 47.

  • Johnston, R, and K. Marwood. 2017. . International Journal of Heritage Studies 23(9), 816-831.

  • Vergunst, J., Curtis, E., Davis, O., Graham, H. Johnston, R., and Shepherd, C. 2017. Material Legacies: shaping things and places through heritage. In K. Facer, and K. Pahl (eds). Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Beyond Impact. Bristol: Policy Press.

  • Johnston R. 2013. Bronze Age field and land division. In H. Fokkens and A. Harding (eds). Handbook to the European Bronze Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 307-323.

  • Badcock, A and Johnston R. 2013. Protest In P. Graves-Brown, R. Harrison and A. Piccini (Eds) The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 321-335.

  • Barker, L., Driver, T., Johnston, R., and Davis, O. 2012. Puffins amidst prehistory: re-interpreting the deep chronology of Skomer Island. In W. Britnell and R. Silvester (Ed.) Reflections on the Past: essays in honour of Frances Lynch. Welshpool: Cambrian Archaeological Association, 280-302.

  • Badcock, A. and Johnston, R. 2009. . Archaeologies 5(2), 306-322.

  • Ghey, E., Edwards, N., and Johnston, R. 2008. Categorising roundhouse settlements in Wales: a critical perspective. Studia Celtica 42, 1-25.

  • Fyfe, RM, Roland, T, Brück, J, Johnston, R, Lewis, H and Wickstead, H. 2008. . Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 2250-2261.

  • Johnston, R. 2008. . Journal of Social Archaeology 8(2), 190-213.

  • Johnston, R. 2008. Later prehistoric landscapes. In J. Pollard (ed.) Prehistoric Britain. Oxford: Blackwell, 268-287.

  • Cummings, V. and Johnston R. (eds) 2007. Prehistoric Journeys. Oxford: Oxbow.

  • Ghey, E., Edwards, N., Johnston, R. and Pope, R. 2007. Internet Archaeology 23.

  • Johnston, R. 2005. A social archaeology of garden plots in the Bronze Age of northern and western Britain. World Archaeology 37(2), 211-223.

  • Johnston, R. 2005. Pattern without a plan: rethinking the Bronze Age coaxial field systems on Dartmoor, south-west England. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 24(1), 1-21.

  • Harding, J. and Johnston R. (eds) 2000. Northern Pasts: interpretations of the prehistory of northern England and southern Scotland. BAR (Brit Ser), Oxford.

  • Johnston, R. 1998. The paradox of landscape. Journal of European Archaeology 1 (3), 313-325.

  • Johnston, R. 1998. Approaches to the perception of landscape: philosophy, theory, methodology. Archaeological Dialogues 5(1), 54-68.