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Ancient DNA reveals lost genetic diversity in fallow deerEuropean prehistory 15 June 2026An international team of researchers, including emeritus professor Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology, has uncovered evidence...
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Bakels Fund Grant for research into landscape use on MallorcaMallorca through time 15 June 2026Letty ten Harkel has received a Bakels Fund grant from the Leiden University Fund (LUF) for a two-year research programme at the archaeological site o...
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Grant awarded for research into prehistoric settlement in the Province of ZeelandArchaeology 08 June 2026The research project Between Land and Sea (Tussen Land en Zee) was awarded funding by the Reuvens Fund for Innovation in May. The project brings toget...
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Throwback to the Living in a wetland landscape symposiumExperimental archaeology 05 June 2026Reaching the end of the academic year, we look back fondly on the symposia, conferences and events that our faculty hosted in the previous months. One...
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Students bring turbulent past of Valkenburg airfield to lifeHeritage 03 June 2026The former Valkenburg airfield is steeped in history: the Romans defended their empire here, German forces landed here in 1940 and even the Cold War l...
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Medieval insights for modern urban planningPhD defence 01 June 2026In his PhD research, historical geographer Marcel IJsselstijn developed a new approach that improves our understanding of how medieval cities were pla...
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Project mapping Early-Medieval connections launches in Leiden29 May 2026Having received a European Research Centre grant in 2025 the Connected Communities in Early Medieval Europe (COCO) project kicked off with a three-day...
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Lead isotopes in artifacts from ancient China and the ambiguity that comes with themIsotope Analysis 08 May 2026Chen Wang has recently finished her doctoral research and will be defending her dissertation on May 13th. For her PhD she researched the lead in artef...
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Two Education Directors appointed for the Faculty of Archaeology23 April 2026The Faculty of Archaeology is welcoming two new Education Directors this spring: Aris Politopoulos for the bachelor’s programme and Rachel Schats for ...
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Import in the Stone Age? How object biographies shed new light on the NeolithicUse-wear analysis 17 April 2026On April 22, Lasse van den Dikkenberg defended his dissertation: Living with Flint. For this, he examined flint finds from the Rhine-Meuse Delta. Thes...
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Editing Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology: ‘It’s the beginning of a conversation’Publication 16 April 2026Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology, a new open access volume edited by Felicia Fricke, Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, and Maaike de Waal, is already generati...
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Students bring ‘Archaeology of the Margins’ to centre stage at SOYA 2026Student-organised conference 31 March 2026On 10 April, the Faculty of Archaeology will host the Symposium of Young Archaeologists (SOYA), a fully student organised conference dedicated to the ...
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How do you find your way as an early career researcher in the academic pressure cooker?Graduate School 30 March 2026From inspiring career stories to hands-on workshops, the Career Event for PhD candidates and postdocs offered young researchers an insight into the ma...
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Alex Geurds' first months as Dean: ‘It is important to be an organization without pain or scruples’Dean Archaeology 30 March 2026Since January 2026, Alex Geurds has been the new Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology. His start was calmer than many expected, but behind that calm lie...
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Revolution in Archaeology: Virtual Excavation with AI iDigArtificial intelligence 24 March 2026The days of an archaeologist studying soil traces with a shovel in hand seem to be numbered. Digital archaeologists will soon launch the first version...