In the media
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Archaeologist Maikel Kuijpers reflects on academic feud over Nebra sky disc 20 January 2021
In a New York Times report on a bitter archaeological feud over the Nebra sky disk, Maikel Kuijpers reflects on its importance. 'It’s really unfortuna...
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Dental remains shed light on drug use in 19th century Dutch village 11 January 2021
Archaeologist Bjørn Peare Barthold suspected farmers in a doctorless 19th century Dutch village may have been self-medicating to manage pain and disea...
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Archaeology student Jan Dekker interviewed by NewScientist and Smithsonian Magazine on arrowheads of human bone 16 December 2020
The identification of the material of prehistoric arrowheads as human bone led to interest from the media. Research Master's student Jan Dekker, the p...
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Archaeologist Bleda Düring in conversation about new publication on Archaeologies of Empire 16 December 2020
The School for Advanced Research organised an onlne conversation between Dr Bleda Düring and his co-editors of the publication Archaeologies of Empire...
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Maikel Kuijpers takes an archaeological perspective on the materials that shape our world 19 November 2020
Materials like concrete, steel, plastic and fertiliser shape the world around us, but they’re also extremely polluting. If we want to build a more sus...
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Richard Jansen writes about Oss in Archeologie Magazine 27 August 2020
The Faculty of Archaeology has a partnership with Archeologie Magazine, the largest archaeology-themed magazine in the Netherlands, aiming to improve ...
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Amanda Henry in Sapiens.org about microfossils in a Finnish skeletal collection 04 June 2020
The Southwestern part of Finland isn’t exactly known as a great place for archeologists to go and find anything than the sturdiest of remains. The con...
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How Stone Age Humans Unlocked the Glucose in Plants 06 April 2020
Early cave paintings of hunting scenes may give the impression our Stone Age ancestors lived mainly on chunks of meat, but plants were just as key to ...
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Raymond Corbey interviewed about new book on the missionary's perspective on New Guinean ritual art 05 March 2020
Protestant missionaries have provided the earliest and most detailed sources regarding the ritual art of the Papuan peoples of the Geelvink Bay. Raymo...
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Archaeologist Rachel Schats on Science071 about malaria in medieval low countries 14 February 2020
Osteoarchaeologist Rachel Schats investigates traces of malaria in old human skeletons. Even though the disease cannot be spotted directly in bone mat...
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Caribbean island of St. Kitts gets first Doctor in Archaeology 13 February 2020
On February 4th standing before his doctoral committee at the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology, St. Kitts-born Cameron Gill, successfully defended and re...
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Interview with osteoarchaeologist Rachel Schats in National Geographic Magazine 04 February 2020
Osteoarchaeologist Rachel Schats investigates traces of illnesses and disorders in human skeletons. Her search for malaria in the Low Countries' middl...
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Treasure hunting takes toll on Eastern Badia archaeological site 17 September 2019
The Jordan Times has interviewed Peter Akkermans about the damage done to the Early Islamic archaeological site of Khirbet Al Umari, Jordan. "The degr...
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Video: Ethnobotanical immersion in Cameroon 08 August 2019
Plants are vital resources throughout human history, but we know little about how they were used and valued prior to agriculture. Sandrine Gallois, an...
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Archaeologist Andrew Sorensen on Dutch TV on prehistoric BBQ 19 July 2019
The Dutch TV programme Keuringsdienst van Waarde investigated the origin of BBQ taste. Prehistoric fire expert Andrew Sorensen was invited to explain ...