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New publication affirms academic legacy of Hanna StögerIn summer 2018 classical archaeologist Hanna Stöger passed away. At that moment she was in the midst of several cutting-edge research projects on the ...
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Dental remains shed light on drug use in 19th century Dutch villageArchaeologist 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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NWA-grant for project 'Streaming the past'Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Archaeology, with the support of the communication departments of these Faculties and th...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projectsA festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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Archaeology student Jan Dekker interviewed by NewScientist and Smithsonian Magazine on arrowheads of human boneThe 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 EmpireThe 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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Investigating a prehistoric Pan-European culture with an NWO grant: ‘One of the most transformative periods in European prehistory’Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois received an NWO Vidi grant to investigate the emergence of a pan-European culture in the third millennium BC. ‘We see ...
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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...