Dr

Nicholas

Groat

Originally hailing from Sussex, I completed my studies at the University of Sheffield and Leiden University. During my degrees, I interned at the Derbyshire Historic Environment Record, spent time as a Visiting Researcher at the Österreichische Archäologische Institut, and worked in the independent alcohol industry at Locksley Distilling as part of my WRoCAH-funded doctoral research. Through 2023-2025, I held Research Assistant and Associate posts in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield on a variety of archaeology and heritage-centric projects, including as the Research and Innovation Associate in AHRC-funded the "Place, Craft and Alcohol in Historical Perspective" project  (2024-2025). I am currently the Intensive Survey Director in the "Hinterlands of Medieval Chalkida" field project (2020-2026) and joined the School's ongoing "Intoxicants Economies" work as a lead researcher in 2023.

I have worked on archaeological sites and studied collections from Germany, Austria, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Pakistan, and been involved in projects on prehistoric, Roman, and medieval sites across the UK. My experimental portfolio includes demonstrations across Sheffield as part of the public engagement Roots of Iron Project and Archaeology in the City initiative, research on the Experimental Project Huize Horsterwold, and extensive experimental metallurgical projects at the University of Sheffield.