In press

Janowski, M., Barton, H. Reading human activity in the landscape: stone and thunderstones in the Kelabit Highlands. Indonesia and the Malay World.

Janowski, M., Barton, H., Jones, S. Culturing the rainforest: the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak. In S Hecht, Morrison, K, and Padoch, C (eds) The Social Life of Forests. Chicago: University of Chicago (Fall 2012).

Lloyd-Smith L., Barker G., Barton H., Boutsikas E., Britton D., Datan I., Davenport B., Farr L., Ferraby R., Nyíri B., and Upex B. The Cultured Rainforest Project: Preliminary archaeological results from the first two field-seasons (2007, 2008), in Proceedings of the 12th Conference of European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists: Leiden September 1st - 5th 2008. Leiden: IIAS Publication Series.

In preparation

Barton H, Piper P, Rabett R, Reynolds T and Paz V, with Gilbertson D, Hunt C, Kealhofer L, Krigbaum J, Lewis H, Thompson G and Shimmin J. (2008) Late Pleistocene Foragers, c. 38,000 to 12,000 years ago. In Barker G, Gilbertson D and Reynolds T. (eds) Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: The Archaeology and Environmental History of the Niah Caves, Sarawak.

Barton, H. and Denham, T. Vegeculture from Sundaland to Sahul.

Zhiwei Wan, Quan Li, Xiaoyan Yang, Huw Barton, Mingqi Li, Zhikun Ma, Dan Zhang, Jun Wei. Complex Hunter-Gatherers or early Agriculture in Southeast China, 5000 years ago.

2011

Dixon, B., Barton, H. J., Coil, J., Dickinson, W., Murakami, G., & Ward, J. 2011. Recognising Inland Expansion of Latte Period Agriculture From Multi-Disciplinary Data on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 6(3): 375-397.

Sacha Jones, Lucy Farr, Huw Barton, Nick Drake, Kevin White, and Graeme Barker. 2011. Geoarchaeological patterns in the pre-desert and desert ecozones of northern Cyrenaica. Libyan Studies 42: 11-19.

Barton, H., The reversed fortunes of sago and rice, Oryza sativa, in the rainforests of Sarawak, Borneo,
Quaternary International (2011), doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.037.

Barton, H., et al., Long-term perspectives on human occupation of tropical rainforests: An introductory overview,
Quaternary International (2011), doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.07.044.

Barker, G., Lloyd-Smith, L., Barton, H., et al. 2011. Foraging-farming transitions at the Niah Caves, Sarawak, Borneo. ANTIQUITY, 85(328), 492-509.

Barton, H. and Denham, T. 2011. Vegeculture and Social Life in Island Southeast Asia, in Barker, G. and Janowski, M. (eds) Why Cultivate? Anthropological and Archaeological Approaches to Foraging-Farming Transitions in Southeast Asia,pp. 17-25. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research: McDonald Institute Monographs.

2010

Kononenko, N., Torrence, R., Barton, H., & Hennell, A. 2010. Cross-cultural interaction on Wuvulu Island, Papua New Guinea: the perspective from use-wear and residue analyses of turtle bone artifacts. J ARCHAEOL SCI, 37(11), 2911-2919. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.001.

Barton, H. 2010. The Iban Diaries of Monica Freeman 1949-1951: Including Ethnographic Drawings and Sketches, Paintings, Photographs and Letters. OCEANIA, 80(3): 331-332.

Lloyd-Smith, L. Barker, G., Barton, H., Gosden, C., Nyiri, B., Preston, E. 2010. Cultured Rainforest Project: Archaeological investigations in the third season (2009) of fieldwork in Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak. Sarawak Museum Journal 67 (New Series 88): 57-104.

Barton, H. 2010. Southeast Asia: Malaysia and Myanmar. Report on artefacts in the Pitt Rivers Collection, Prepared for the Pitt Rivers Museum.

2009

Barton, H. 2009. Starch granule taphonomy: the results of a two year field experiment.. In M. Haslam, G. Robertson, A. Crowther, L. Kirkwood, & S. Nugent (Eds.), Archaeological Science Under a Microscope: Studies in Residue and Ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Tom Loy. (pp. 129-140). Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.

Graeme Barker, Huw Barton, Efrosyni Boutsikas, Daniel Britton, Ben Davenport, Ian Ewart, Lucy Farr, Rose Ferraby, Chris Gosden, Chris Hunt, Monica Janowski, Samantha Jones, Jayl Langub, Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Borbála Nyíri,  Kit Pearce, and Beth Upex. 2009. The Cultured Rainforest Project: the second (2008) field season. Sarawak Musuem Journal 66 (New Series 87): 119-184.

Barton, H. 2009. The social landscape of rice within vegecultural systems in Borneo. Current Anthropology 50(5): 673-676.

Barton, H. 2009. Starch granule taphonomy: the results of a two year field experiment. In Haslam, M and Robertson, G, Crowther, A, Kirkwood, L, Nugent, S (eds) Archaeological Science Under a Microscope: Studies in Residue and Ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Tom Loy, 129-140. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.

Denham et al. inc. H. Barton. 2009. Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, Potential and Prospects. Australian Archaeology 68: 1-10.

Higham, T.F.G., Barton, H., Turney, C.S.M., Barker, G., Bronk Ramsey, C., Brock, F. 2009. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from tropical sequences: results from the Niah Great Cave, Sarawak, and their broader implications. Journal of Quaternary Science 24(2): 189-197.

Barton, H., Piper, PJ, Rabett, R, and Reeds, I. 2009. Composite hunting technologies from the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene, Niah Cave, Borneo, Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 1708-1714.

2008

Barton, H. 2008. Expedient technologies and curated tools within a system of high residential mobility: An example using mass analysis of flakes from the Simpson desert, central Australia. Lithic Technology 33(1): 51-71.

Lewis H, Paz V, Lara M, Barton H, Piper P, Ochoa J, Vitales T, Jane Carlos A, Neri L, Hernandez V, Stevenson J, Emil Charles Robles, Ragragio A, Padilla R, Wilhelm Solheim II, Ronquillo W. 2008. Terminal Pleistocene to mid Holocene occupation and an early cremation burial at Ille Cave, Palawan, Philippines. Antiquity 82: 318-335. 

Graeme Barker, Huw Barton, Daniel Britton, Ipoi Datan,Ben Davenport, Monica Janowski, Samantha Jones, Jayl Langub, Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Borbála Nyíri, and Beth Upex. 2008. The Cultured Rainforest Project: the first (2007) field season. Sarawak Museum Journal 65(86): 121-190.

Lahr, M, Foley, R, Armitage, S, Barton, H, Crivellaro, F, Drake, N, Hounslow, M, Maher, L, Mattingly, D, Salem, M, Stock, J, White, K. 2008. DMPIII: Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoenvironments and prehistoric occupation of Fazzan, Libyan Sahara. Libyan Studies 39: 1-32.

Denham, T., Barton, H., et al. 2009. Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, Potential and Prospects. Australian Archaeology, 68, 1-10.

Barton H. 2008. The Great Cave of Niah - a Brief History. In T Theissen, Borneo, p. 274. Bradt Travel Guides Ltd, UK. The Globe Pequot Press Inc, USA.

2007

Mattingly D, Lahr M, Armitage S, Barton H, Dore J, Drake N, Foley R, Merlo S, Salem M, Stock J, White K. 2007. Desert Migrations: people, environment and culture in the Libyan Sahara. Libyan Studies 38: 1-42.

Barton H and Paz V. 2007. Subterranean diets in the tropical rainforest of Sarawak, Malaysia. In Denham TP, Iriarte J and Vrydaghs L. (eds) Rethinking Agriculture: Archaeological and ethnoarchaeological perspectives. One World Archaeology. California: Left Coast Press Inc.

Mercader J, Barton H, Gillespie J, Harris J, Kuhn S, Tyler R and Boesch C. 2007. 4300-year-old Chimpanzee Sites and the Origins of Percussive Stone Technology. Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences, February 27, Vol. 104, No. 9: 3043-3048. Link to pdf

Barton H. 2007. Starch residues on museum artefacts: implications for determining tool use. Journal of Archaeological Science 34: 1752-1762. 

Barker G, Barton H, Bird M, Daly P, Datan I, Dykes A, Farr L, Gilbertson D, Harrisson B, Hunt C, Higham T, Kealhofer L, Krigbaum J, Lewis H, McLaren S, Paz V, Pike A, Piper P, Pyatt B, Rabett R, Reynolds R, Rose J, Rushworth G, Stephens M, Stringer C, Thompson G and Turney C. 2007. The 'human revolution' in lowland tropical Southeast Asia: the antiquity and behaviour of anatomically modern humans at Niah Cave (Sarawak, Borneo). Journal of Human Evolution, 52: 243-261. 

2006

Torrence R and Barton H. (eds) 2006. Ancient Starch Research. California: Left Coast Press Inc.

Barton H and Matthews PJ. 2006. Taphonomy. In Torrence R and Barton H. (eds) Ancient Starch Research, pp. 75-94. California: Left Coast Press Inc.

Barton H and Fullagar R. 2006. Microscopy. In Torrence R and Barton H. (eds) Ancient Starch Research, pp. 47-52. California: Left Coast Press Inc.

Gott B, Barton H, Samuel D and Torrence R. 2006. Biology of Starch. In Torrence R and Barton H. (eds) Ancient Starch Research, pp. 35-46. California: Left Coast Press Inc.

Denham T and Barton H. 2006. The emergence of agriculture in New Guinea: A model of continuity from pre-existing foraging practices. In Kennett DJ and Winterhalder B. (eds) Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture, pp. 237-264. California: University of California Press.

Barton, H. 2006. Expedient technologies and curated tools within a system of high residential mobility: An example using mass analysis of flakes from the Simpson Desert, central Australia. Lithic Technology.

2005 and earlier

Barton, H. 2005. The Case for Rainforest Foragers: The Starch Record at Niah Cave Sarawak. Asian Perspectives 44: 56-72.

Barton H and Rabbett R. 2005. Niah Cave and the People of Sundaland. PAST 50: 15-16.

Barker G, Barton H, Bird M, Cole F, Daly P, Dykes A, Farr L, Gilbertson D, Higham T, Hunt C, Knight S, Kurui E, Lewis H, Lloyd-Smith L, Manser J, McLaren S, Menotti F, Piper P, Pyatt B, Rabett R, Reynolds T, Shimmin J, Thompson J and Trickett M. 2003. The Niah Cave Project: the fourth (2003) season of fieldwork. Sarawak Museum Journal 58: 45-120.

Barker G, Barton H, Bird M, Cole F, Daly P, Gilbertson D, Hunt C, Krigbaum J, Lampert C, Lewis H, Lloyd-Smith L, Manser J, McLaren S, Menotti F, Paz V, Piper P, Pyatt B, Rabett R, Reynolds T, Stephens M, Thompson J, Trickett M and Whittaker P. 2002. The Niah Cave Project: The third (2002) season of fieldwork. Sarawak Museum Journal 57: 87-177.

Barker G, Barton H, Beavitt P, Bird M, Daly P, Doherty C, Gilbertson D, Hunt C, Krigbaum J, Lewis H, Manser J, McClaren S, Paz V, Piper P, Pyatt B, Rabett R, Reynolds T, Rose J, Rushworth G, Stephens M. 2002. Prehistoric Foragers and Farmers in South-east Asia: Renewed Investigations at Niah Cave, Sarawak. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 68: 147-164.

Barton H. 2001. The Great Cave of Niah. The Lab, Science Online. Australian Broadcasting Commission. Website: The Great Cave of Niah

Barker G, Barton H, Badang D, Beavitt P, Bird M, Daly P, Doherty P, Gilbertson D, Glover I, Hunt C, Manser J, McLaren S, Paz V, Pyatt B, Reynolds T, Rose J, Rushworth G and Stephens M. 2001. The Niah Caves Project: The Second (2001) Season of Fieldwork. Sarawak Museum Journal 56: 37-119.

Barker G, Barton H, Beavitt P, Chapman S, Derrick M, Doherty C, Farr L, Gilbertson D, Hunt C, Jarvis W, Krigbaum J, Maloney B, McClaren S, Pettitt P, Pyatt B, Reynolds T, Rushworth G, Stephens M. 2000. The Niah Caves Project: Preliminary Report on the first (2000) season. Sarawak Museum Journal 55: 111-150.

Barton H. 2000. The behaviour of raw materials or the behaviour of hunter-gatherers. In Denham T and Blau S. (eds) Proceedings of the 2nd National Students Conference School of Archaeology and Anthropology, pp. 37-41. Canberra: ANU Press.

Barton, H.  2000.  In memoriam: V. Gordon Childe.  Antiquity 74: 769-77.

Barton H. 2000. The Mysterious Pituri. In A Cremin (ed.) 1901 Australian Life at Federation: An Illustrated Chronicle, pp. 13-14. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney.

Barton H, Torrence R and Fullagar R. 1998. Clues to Stone Tool Function Re-examined: Comparing Starch Grain Frequencies on Used and Unused Obsidian Artefacts. Journal of Archaeological Science, 25: 1231-1238.

Barton H and White JP. 1993. Tool Use-Wear and Residues at Balof 2, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific. 32: 169-182.

Selected Reports

Barton H. 2006. Ille Cave Artefacts: A Technological and Functional Analysis. Report prepared for Dr Helen Lewis, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus.

Lewis H, Paz V, Kress J, Lara M, Jack G, Carlos J, Hernandez V, Barton H, Robles E, Vitales T, Ragragio A, Solheim W, Ronquillo W. 2006. Early occupation at Ille Cave, New Ibajay, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines: report on the 2005 excavation season. A report for the British Academy, NERC/Orads and the National Museum of the Philippines.

Barton H. 2003. Organic residues on stone tools from the Sands of Forvie, Aberdeenshire. Report prepared for Dr Graham Warren, Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.

Barton H. 2000. Residue and Use-wear analysis of stone artefacts from Tinian Island, Northern Marianas Islands, Micronesia. Report prepared for International Archaeological Research Institute Inc.

AMBS (Barton H.) 2001. Salvage excavations at Howick Coal Mine, Hunter Valley, NSW.  Report prepared for Coal & Allied, P/L.

AMBS (Barton H, Tacon P, Martin G.) 2001. Somersby Industrial Park: Aboriginal Heritage Study for Plan of Management, Volume 1: Main Report. Report to Gosford City Council and Somersby Industrial Estate Taskforce.

AMBS (Barton H, Tacon P, Martin G.) 2001. Somersby Industrial Park: Aboriginal Heritage Study for Plan of Management, Volume 2: Aboriginal Site Descriptions. Report to Gosford City Council and Somersby Industrial Estate Taskforce.

AMBS (Barton H.) 2001. Somersby Industrial Park: Aboriginal Heritage Study for Plan of Management, Volume 3: Preliminary Plan of Management. Report to Gosford City Council and Somersby Industrial Estate Taskforce.