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The ecological footprint of European colonization at the doorway to the AmericasHistorical figures such as Columbus have returned to the centre of public debate. Much remains to be discovered about his legacy and current impact on...
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Working in the archaeological ceramic lab in times of coronaBA 3 student Dasha Derzhavets is one of the first students to be back in the lab at the Faculty of Archaeology. She is conducting experiments in the c...
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More powerful data centre will accelerate researchLanguage evolution, targeted drugs or archaeological interpretation. Researchers are making increasing use of supercomputers that can rapidly process ...
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New Handbook on microscopic archaeological samples crosses disciplinesA couple of years ago, Dr Amanda Henry noted that she was unable to determine all microremains in her archaeological samples. Herself an expert on sta...
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Archaeologist Ady Roxburgh receives two-year research grant from the Estonian Research CouncilAdy Roxburgh has been awarded a two-year grant to continue his research into the choices behind the composition of Roman, copper-alloy artefacts. The ...
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Crete as melting pot: New opportunities for archaeological research of ancient GortynJoanita Vroom and Mink van IJzendoorn have been awarded a grant of the Chastelain‐Nobach Fund, enabling them to continue their work at Gortyn, Crete. ...
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Dead elephant was a feast for the entire neighbourhoodFormer archaeology student Ivo Verheijen made a unique discovery in Schöningen in Germany: the almost complete skeleton of an extinct Eurasian straigh...
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André Ramcharan’s Leiden experience: ‘When I started, I didn’t see this as a career path.’André Ramcharan has been a familiar face at the Faculty of Archaeology for decades. Joining our faculty without any knowledge on animal bones, he has ...
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Alumna Matilda Siebrecht hosts Experimental Archaeology Podcast: ‘We want to show the range archaeological research can take.’Matilda Siebrecht has found the perfect combination of her interests, namely experimental archaeology, and journalism. She was asked by EXARC, a found...
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Walking among elephants: A 300,000-year-old, nearly complete elephant skeleton from SchöningenElephants ranged over Schöningen in Lower Saxony 300,000 years ago. In recent years, remains of at least ten elephants have been found at the Palaeoli...
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Archaeology student Grace left a lockdowned Leiden for her home country: ‘We jumped on one of the last remaining tickets’International Archaeology student Grace Alonzo went back to her home country when the coronavirus situation developed. Now she is living at her parent...
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Ancient DNA provides new insights into the early peopling of the CaribbeanAccording to a new study by an international team of researchers from the Caribbean, Europe and North America, the Caribbean was settled by several su...
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Amanda Henry in Sapiens.org about microfossils in a Finnish skeletal collection
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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Employing Artificial Intelligence in the search for archaeological remainsWouter Verschoof-van der Vaart has developed a way to use Deep Learning and geography software to rapidly and systematically map prehistoric barrows, ...
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Corn connects many generations of MayaThat corn was highly important in the Maya culture is something that Genner Llanes Ortiz, himself a Maya from the Mexican province of Yucatan, has alw...