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Heritage specialist Mariana de Campos Françozo interviewed by EURAXESSEURAXESS asked Mariana de Campos Françozo about her current research conducted with an ERC Starting Grant. "Perhaps the most important benefit of the ...
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Luc Janssens and Thijs van Kolfschoten in National GeographicLeiden PhD candidate and vet Luc Janssens discovered that a dog found at the start of the last century in a grave dating back 14,000 years had been si...
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Karsten Lambers in Dutch newspaper about new techniques in archaeologyOn the occasion of the find of Mayan cities in the jungles of Guatemala by means of remote sensing techniques, expert Karsten Lambers was interviewed ...
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Quantitative paleodietary reconstruction with complex foodwebs: An isotopic case study from the CaribbeanWilliam Pestle and Jason Laffoon recently published a new article entitled 'Quantitative paleodietary reconstruction with complex foodwebs: An isotopi...
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Vitamin D deficiency prevalent among 19th century women in Dutch Beemster areaDr. Barbara Veselka recently published an article on Vitamin D deficiency in 19th century skeletal remains in the International Journal of Paleopathol...
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'I always like to think prehistory chose me, not the other way around'Our alumna Victoria van der Haas was interviewed by The Female Scientist. Read her interview on why she chose Archaeology, her biggest achievements an...
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"Archaeologists say human-evolution study used stolen bone"In a letter initiated by Wil Roebroeks, among others, serious concerns were raised about three research papers claiming evidence for one of the earlie...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in LeidenLeiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Media attention for lime-producing NeanderthalsNeanderthals were the first people to make glue, but how did they do that? Leiden archaeologists discovered how, and their findings did not go unnoticed.
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Hundreds of Stone Tombs Discovered in Land of 'Dead Fire'The faculty has been investigating hundreds of ancient stone tombs in Jordan’s Black Desert.
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The garden of Eden is AfricaAmazing discoveries by Jean Jacques Hublin of Early modern Humans in Morocco.
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Martijn Manders about De Rooswijk at RTL Late Night & Pauw300 hundred man went down with Dutch VOC vessel ‘de Rooswijk’ on January 9 1740 for the coast of Deal in the UK.
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Dental tartar unfolds Neanderthal secretsBritish and Australian researchers have analysed the DNA in the dental tartar of several Spanish Neanderthals. One of the conclusions was that the Nea...
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Archaeologist Sada Mire in 'Africa's Great Civilizations'In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankin...
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'Masterchefs from the Middle Ages'Joanita Vroom, Associate Professor Archaeology, regularly tries out old recipes, together with a group of Archaeology students. 'You really need to lo...