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Wil Roebroeks interviewed about new discoveries Borneo: "This killed Eurocentric views on early rock art"In a remote cave on the Indonesian island of Borneo, a series of rock art paintings have been discovered. The oldest painting might be the oldest-know...
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Burial mound research in National Geographic HistoriaQuentin Bourgeois and Luc Amrkeutz were interviewed for an National Geographic Historia article about the burial mound research in the Veluwe.
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Devastation of the Museu Nacional Brazil: “I have no words to say how horrible this is.”On Sunday September 2, the Museu Nacional of Brazil was destroyed by fire. It is estimated that 90 percent of the collection is lost. National Geograp...
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Archaeologist Meliam Gaspar interviewed about isolated indigenous groups by Dutch news showOn the occassion of the appearance of new drone footage of indigenous groups living isolated in the Amazon rainforest, Meliam Gaspar was interviewed b...
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Maritime archaeologist Martijn Manders on National Geographic channelOn Sunday August 19, the National Geographic channel programme 'Drain the Oceans' will focus on Martijn Manders' excavation of the Dutch VOC ship De R...
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Heritage specialist Mariana de Campos Françozo interviewed by EURAXESS
EURAXESS 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.