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Marie Kolbenstetter will explore the archaeology of southern Honduras with a NWO subsidy 19 August 2020
Our master’s alumna Marie Kolbenstetter was recently awarded a NWO subsidy for a PhD in the Humanities. With this funding she will be able to continue...
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Electives of Ancient Near Eastern Studies: ‘You can really get a closer look at the subject matter’ 03 August 2020
Are you interested in ancient Egypt, the rich cultural heritage of Mesopotamia or bliblical Hebrew and Aramaic? Students of all faculties can follow e...
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The ecological footprint of European colonization at the doorway to the Americas 16 July 2020
Historical 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 corona 15 July 2020
BA 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 research 15 July 2020
Language 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 disciplines 13 July 2020
A 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 Council 02 July 2020
Ady 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 Gortyn 29 June 2020
Joanita 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 neighbourhood 19 June 2020
Former 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.’ 18 June 2020
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.’ 16 June 2020
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 Schöningen 10 June 2020
Elephants 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’ 08 June 2020
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 Caribbean 05 June 2020
According 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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Employing Artificial Intelligence in the search for archaeological remains 25 May 2020
Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart has developed a way to use Deep Learning and geography software to rapidly and systematically map prehistoric barrows, ...