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Archaeologist Mette Langbroek works on beads exhibition: ‘Humans have a special relationship with beads'26 January 2022Beads are among the oldest types of human artistic expression. Even so, the small ornaments have a bad status record regarding archaeological investig...
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Three Leiden papers in top 10 most cited of Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports14 January 2022At the start of the year a lot of journals publish lists of their most cited papers of the previous year. Three papers published by Leiden archaeologi...
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Photo report: 'Ground-truthing' on the Veluwe12 January 2022Dr Quentin Bourgeois and a group of students are currently exploring the Veluwe. In 2019 and 2020 volunteers looked at altitude maps of the Veluwe and...
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Honorary doctorate for anthropologist Rosemary Joyce10 January 2022American anthropologist Rosemary Joyce will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on its Dies Natalis on 8 February. Joyce has deliv...
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New research indicates Hunter-Gatherer impact on prehistoric European landscapes06 January 2022The starting point of human-induced landscape changes has been under permanent debate. It is widely accepted that the emergence of agriculture strongl...
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Ancient DNA study reveals large scale migrations into Bronze Age Britain23 December 2021A major new study of ancient DNA has traced the movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age. In the largest such analysis published...
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Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago15 December 2021Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden Uni...
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Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment?14 December 2021Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itsel...
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Archaeologist Alex Geurds becomes member of Society of Antiquaries: ‘It is an honor bestowed for life’10 December 2021Dr Alex Geurds was elected as a Fellow for the Society of Antiquaries, a prestigious and old educational charity based in London. Established in 1707,...
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’06 December 2021Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long whil...
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Mysterious metal depositions were ‘the most ordinary thing in the world’06 December 2021In Bronze Age Europe many bronze objects such as axes, swords and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. PhD research by Le...
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Trends in museums: ‘A lot of museums have a dormant collection of pre-colonial art’29 November 2021What effect do trends in the art world have on the formation of museum collections? University lecturer Martin Berger wants to answer that question in...
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome17 November 2021Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (lon...
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Ethical guidelines to better regulate DNA research on human remains20 October 2021Rapid developments in DNA techniques allow researchers to find out more and more about human genetics. An international group of scientists has drawn ...
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Genetics proves it: Indo-European did not come to Europe on horseback20 October 2021Horses were first domesticated in South-West Russia, is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers writing in the well-respected jou...