In the media
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Quantitative paleodietary reconstruction with complex foodwebs: An isotopic case study from the Caribbean 15 January 2018
William Pestle and Jason Laffoon recently published a new article entitled 'Quantitative paleodietary reconstruction with complex foodwebs: An isotopi...
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Vitamin D deficiency prevalent among 19th century women in Dutch Beemster area 15 January 2018
Dr. Barbara Veselka recently published an article on Vitamin D deficiency in 19th century skeletal remains in the International Journal of Paleopathol...
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'I always like to think prehistory chose me, not the other way around' 08 January 2018
Our alumna Victoria van der Haas was interviewed by The Female Scientist. Read her interview on why she chose Archaeology, her biggest achievements an...
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"Archaeologists say human-evolution study used stolen bone" 06 December 2017
In a letter initiated by Wil Roebroeks, among others, serious concerns were raised about three research papers claiming evidence for one of the earlie...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017
Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Media attention for lime-producing Neanderthals 12 September 2017
Neanderthals were the first people to make glue, but how did they do that? Leiden archaeologists discovered how, and their findings did not go unnoticed.
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Hundreds of Stone Tombs Discovered in Land of 'Dead Fire' 13 July 2017
The faculty has been investigating hundreds of ancient stone tombs in Jordan’s Black Desert.
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The garden of Eden is Africa 21 June 2017
Amazing discoveries by Jean Jacques Hublin of Early modern Humans in Morocco.
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Martijn Manders about De Rooswijk at RTL Late Night & Pauw 19 April 2017
300 hundred man went down with Dutch VOC vessel ‘de Rooswijk’ on January 9 1740 for the coast of Deal in the UK.
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Dental tartar unfolds Neanderthal secrets 13 March 2017
British and Australian researchers have analysed the DNA in the dental tartar of several Spanish Neanderthals. One of the conclusions was that the Nea...
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Archaeologist Sada Mire in 'Africa's Great Civilizations' 27 February 2017
In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankin...
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'Masterchefs from the Middle Ages' 16 February 2017
Joanita Vroom, Associate Professor Archaeology, regularly tries out old recipes, together with a group of Archaeology students. 'You really need to lo...
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Project for protection Syrian archaeology on Dutch radio 16 February 2017
Olivier Nieuwenhuijse, project leader of the project Focus Raqqa, was hosted by the NOS Radio 1 news broadcast on February 16, 2017.
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Archaeologist Hayley Mickleburgh hosted by radioshow Kennis van Nu 30 January 2017
On Wednesday January 25, Hayley Mickleburgh was hosted by the radio show de Kennis van Nu (NPO radio 1). Here she told about her work on a body farm i...
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Archaeologist Hayley Mickleburgh guest at talkshow RTL Late Night 23 January 2017
On Thursday January 19, 2017, Hayley Mickleburgh was invited to speak at the Dutch talkshow RTL Late Night. Here she talked about her research on so c...