Hans Huisman
@hanshuisman.bsky.social
Archaeological Scientist at Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands and Groningen Institute of Archeology. Studies the past by analysing soils and artefacts. Dad, choir singer, woodworker, attempted luthier.
Waiting for the start.. I’ll be singing in a project choir tonight: Mozart’s requiem. The hall is filling up..
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Waiting for the start.. I’ll be singing in a project choir tonight: Mozart’s requiem. The hall is filling up..
With the last two quinces, I am trying out a new quince tarte tatin recipe that starts with a Calvados- flambe session. Oooh!
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
With the last two quinces, I am trying out a new quince tarte tatin recipe that starts with a Calvados- flambe session. Oooh!
Another round of quince-processing. 10 pots of quince/compote. At least 7 kilos to go. Any favourite recipes out there?
September 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Another round of quince-processing. 10 pots of quince/compote. At least 7 kilos to go. Any favourite recipes out there?
Batch #2: Five quinces became 7 pots of chutney.
September 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Batch #2: Five quinces became 7 pots of chutney.
Our quince tree has a bumper crop of > 40, weighing some 400 gr. each. Now making jelly of the first batch.
September 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our quince tree has a bumper crop of > 40, weighing some 400 gr. each. Now making jelly of the first batch.
Another day of fieldwork at the Ermelo temporary Roman camp. This is an oven feature that was located using geophysics and augerings.
September 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Another day of fieldwork at the Ermelo temporary Roman camp. This is an oven feature that was located using geophysics and augerings.
Ditch of the Roman temporary camp near Ermelo. With lots of (podzol) soil formation!
September 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Ditch of the Roman temporary camp near Ermelo. With lots of (podzol) soil formation!
I made something. A small drop-lead folding table with side decoration and doweled breadboards. Maple and walnut, treated with oil and wax.
August 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I made something. A small drop-lead folding table with side decoration and doweled breadboards. Maple and walnut, treated with oil and wax.
Today I was at the Zeewolde excavation of an early 16th century so-called watership. Sampling a layer with fish bones that appeared when the ships planks were removed with archaeozoology colleague Inge van der Jagt. We want to find out how this layer was formed.
August 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today I was at the Zeewolde excavation of an early 16th century so-called watership. Sampling a layer with fish bones that appeared when the ships planks were removed with archaeozoology colleague Inge van der Jagt. We want to find out how this layer was formed.
First announcement: April 2024 we organize in Groningen an international conference on Transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic. More info and webaddress on flyer/poster. Please share! #mesolithic #neolithic
April 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
First announcement: April 2024 we organize in Groningen an international conference on Transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic. More info and webaddress on flyer/poster. Please share! #mesolithic #neolithic
Well hello, look what I found in my thin section!
March 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Well hello, look what I found in my thin section!
Baked my traditional Xmas (raisin) bread, this time together with my youngest daughter.
December 23, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Baked my traditional Xmas (raisin) bread, this time together with my youngest daughter.
Neanderthal site (surface finds of worked stone) on the shore of a thaw lake (dark grey) and sand dune (light grey) visible in GPR image. Esbeek, NL. Report came out last week.
December 17, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Neanderthal site (surface finds of worked stone) on the shore of a thaw lake (dark grey) and sand dune (light grey) visible in GPR image. Esbeek, NL. Report came out last week.
Youngest daughter made chocolate cake for my birthday.
December 8, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Youngest daughter made chocolate cake for my birthday.
In case you are more into slightly more recent chocolate artefacts: www.globalheritage.nl/uploads/cfgh...
December 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM
In case you are more into slightly more recent chocolate artefacts: www.globalheritage.nl/uploads/cfgh...
Ever heard a combination of an Indonesian Gamelan orchestra and a classical choir? Tomorrow I’ll be singing in the first of three “Gongs and songs” concerts in Den Haag..(The concerts in Amsterdam and Utrecht next week are sold out..).
November 22, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Ever heard a combination of an Indonesian Gamelan orchestra and a classical choir? Tomorrow I’ll be singing in the first of three “Gongs and songs” concerts in Den Haag..(The concerts in Amsterdam and Utrecht next week are sold out..).
Last week I got to see some nice cores at the Leiden office of RAAP. They contain a Mesolithic/Early Neolithic site, in levee deposits of a former Rhine levee near Gouda (NL), buried under peat and marine clay deposits. The site lies ~ 8 m below sea level, and ~3-4 m below the present land surface.
November 11, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Last week I got to see some nice cores at the Leiden office of RAAP. They contain a Mesolithic/Early Neolithic site, in levee deposits of a former Rhine levee near Gouda (NL), buried under peat and marine clay deposits. The site lies ~ 8 m below sea level, and ~3-4 m below the present land surface.
Micromorphologists in their natural habitat, discussing the remains of Roman rituals.
October 18, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Micromorphologists in their natural habitat, discussing the remains of Roman rituals.
New experience. Choir rehearsal with Amsterdam Gamalan-orchestra Widosari. (Choir not in the picture :-) ).
September 29, 2024 at 1:43 PM
New experience. Choir rehearsal with Amsterdam Gamalan-orchestra Widosari. (Choir not in the picture :-) ).
Yesterday for the first time on stage with self-made guitar. (Local jam session). Could have gone better..
November 11, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Yesterday for the first time on stage with self-made guitar. (Local jam session). Could have gone better..