In the media
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum 27 March 2023
Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Archaeologist Marie Soressi joins the discussion about the early use of bow-and-arrow technology in Europe 27 February 2023
Nature News reported on the use of bow-and-arrow for hunting based on the research made on small points found in a 54,000-year-old cave site in southe...
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Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna interviewed on a podcast 25 February 2023
PhD candidate Maia Casna was a guest on the new episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. In it, Maia discusses her research on urbanisation an...
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Martijn Manders and the media fascination with “Klein Hollandia“ 06 February 2023
Recently, we have witnessed an increased interest of the public and media in the hidden world of underwater archaeology sparked by the identification ...
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Evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants takes news outlets by storm 03 February 2023
Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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Professor Bleda Düring interviewed for podcast Tides of History 13 January 2023
The Tides of History is a history podcast that takes listeners into the past while trying to identify how it echoes today. The current season centers ...
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Archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina interviewed for podcast Hortus Amsterdam 29 August 2022
The Hortus Talks is a podcast series as well as a botanical college tour, recorded in the greenhouse in the middle of the Hortus Amsterdam. The theme ...
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Blogging about the Research and Management of the Tollense Battlefield 18 August 2022
The battle at the Tollense valley took place in 1300 BC, the Bronze age. The archaeological site now is being threatened by climate chance. In an inte...
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry in podcast on dental care in the past 25 May 2022
In the first instalment of the three-part podcast series Óf Bones, Brains, and Pink Elephants, three students of Utrecht University interview Dr Amand...
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Archaeological explorations in Jordan unveil traces of ancient caravan routes 18 May 2022
Systematic aerial surveys carried out in Jordan’s Eastern Badia region since 1998 and about 10 years of simplified satellite image analysis have led t...
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Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn lectures at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 29 March 2022
During her lecture, Professor Annelou van Gijn explored user-wear analysis and experimental archaeology, showing details about past human life.
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Alex Brandsen and Bjørn Peare Bartholdy interviewed on Digital Scholarship Blog 29 March 2022
The Leiden Digital Scholarship Blog explored two different ways of opening up research at an early stage: preprints and pre-registration. How to go ab...
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Cut the tyranny of copy-and-paste with these coding tools 29 March 2022
If you’ve written a scientific manuscript, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the app-switching two-step that happens when you copy your data ...
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How did we discover fire? 02 March 2022
Controlling fire was a turning point in the development of human civilisation. But how did fire become part of the human toolkit? The BBC radio show C...
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Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago 15 December 2021
Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden Uni...