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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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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 ...
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Hello Leiden. How’s it going? Minister Van Engelshoven pays online working visit to Leiden UniversityTeaching during the corona crisis, the high workload and the challenges faced by the Faculty of humanities. In an online working visit to Leiden Unive...
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Archaeozoological Lab reorganised and renewed: 'We can now study most of the fauna in Europe'The Laboratory for Archaeozoological Studies underwent a big reorganization and received a great donation from the Institute of Biology this summer. L...
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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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Archaeologists find Roman camp near ErmeloArchaeologists and students from Leiden University and local volunteers have found a Roman camp in the woods near Ermelo. The camp is four kilometres ...
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A Roman camp or not? How our archaeologists found the answerArchaeologists from Leiden University find what is clearly an earth wall and ditch structure in the woods near Ermelo. They suspect it may be the rema...
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Meet the student mentors of Archaeology: ‘I like this opportunity to meet new people’All first-year bachelor’s and master’s students at the Faculty of Archaeology have been assigned a student as a mentor to help them find their way aro...
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Digital archaeologist Alex Brandsen featured in Artificial Intelligence dossierApps that can precisely identify shards, coins or heel bones: archaeology has embraced artificial intelligence. Alex Brandsen is working on a search e...
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Richard Jansen writes about Oss in Archeologie MagazineThe Faculty of Archaeology has a partnership with Archeologie Magazine, the largest archaeology-themed magazine in the Netherlands, aiming to improve ...
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Archaeological fieldwork in corona times: professor Marie Soressi's storyFrom July 25th till August 7th, a team led by Professor Marie Soressi went to France and worked at La Grande Roche de Quinçay, a cave site located in ...
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Aris Politopoulos: ‘I use games as a teaching method'In his lectures Aris Politopoulos combines archaeology with video games. He is one of the three nominees for the 2020 LUS Teaching Prize. 'A good teac...