Martin Jones#
| Membership Number: | 3529 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/directory/mkj12 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 - present Vice-Master, Darwin College, Cambridge
- 1990 - present George Pitt-Rivers Professor of Archaeological Science, University of Cambridge
- 1989 - 1990 Senior Lecturer in Archaeological Science, University of Durham
- 1981 - 1989 Lecturer in Archaeological Science, University of Durham
Fields of Scholarship
- Archaeology
- Archaeobotany
- Bio-archaeology
- Archaeogenetics
- Food history
Honours and Awards
- 2010 ERC Advanced Grant awarded (for '|Food Globalisation in Prehistory')
- 2009 Outstanding Academic Title (American Library Association, for 'Feast: why humans share food')
- 2008 Food Book of the Year Award (Guild of Food Writers, for 'Feast: why humans share food')
- 2007 Honorary Professorship in Archaeology at Chifung College, Inner Mongolia, China
- 1999 Honorary Doctor of the University of Stirling, for contributions to archaeological science
- 1990 Elected Fellow, Society of Antiquaries
