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New Director of Operations Niels Laurens: ‘I am grateful there are people who chose to do archaeology as their profession.’Niels Laurens recently started as the new Director of Operations at the Faculty of Archaeology as well as the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs...
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Prehistoric hunters from the North Sea used human bones as weaponsOver the years, many spectacular archaeological finds have been washed ashore on the Dutch coast. Among these a large assemblage of barbed points made...
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Data Management and the Gortyn Project: ‘With great data comes great responsibility’The world is becoming increasingly digitised, and the information one has easy access to is often rather overwhelming. In particular, the accumulative...
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Skype a Scientist: talking about ancient bones with people all over the worldSkype a Scientist is an online platform that matches scientists with classrooms and families around the world. At the start of the corona crisis, PhD ...
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‘Involve the local community in archaeology’Local perceptions, attachments and knowledge are often not considered in the methodology of archaeology when researching a site, argues PhD-candidate ...
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Neanderthals could tolerate smokeThe idea that modern humans displaced Neanderthals because they were better protected against toxic smoke components is now under fire. An earlier stu...
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Maikel Kuijpers takes an archaeological perspective on the materials that shape our worldMaterials 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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Studying the pre-Roman Samnite people with an IRESMO research grantIn Spring next year, a new and international team of archaeologists, historians, and education experts will start a collaborative project on the archa...
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NWO Vidi grant for 11 Leiden researchersEleven Leiden researchers have been awarded an 800,000 euro Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own...
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Leiden archaeology project nominated for volunteer prizeThe Heritage Quest archaeology project has been nominated for the Heritage Volunteer Prize. In the project volunteers are looking for archaeological r...
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Rescuing ancient rock art in Pakistan with a Prince Claus Heritage Emergency GrantPakistani archaeologist Abdul Ghani Khan (MPhil) and Dr Marike van Aerde (Leiden University) have been awarded the Prince Claus Heritage Emergency Gra...
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Unravelling prehistoric fire use: ‘Variation in fire conditions equals variation in human behaviour’Building a fire involves many variables, such as size, choice of fuel, temperature, and burn time, that affect the way the generated heat can be used,...
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New investigation of South African rock shelter sheds light into Middle and Later Stone Age modern human behaviourIn the eighties the Umhlatuzana rock shelter in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, was excavated. Results from this excavation led to an understanding when...
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Putting life into Neolithic houses with an NWO subsidy: ‘We will bring detail in our image of past domestic activities’Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn received an NWO Archeologie Telt grant to investigate domestic craft and subsistence activities of late Neolithic peopl...
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Blogging about the Middle Ages: love magic, face masks and video gamesThree years ago, on 13 October 2017, the Leiden Medievalists Blog was established. In their blogs, Leiden researchers from all disciplines talk about ...