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Archaeologists Involved in Ambitious Study on Past Land Use12 May 2021To increase the accuracy of climate models, it is crucial that they include past human land-use and human-driven vegetation changes. Here archaeology ...
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Archaeologists receive funding for science communication: ‘We want to change the public image of archaeology’10 May 2021A diverse team of Leiden archaeologists applied for, and was awarded, the KNAW ‘Appreciated!’ grant, meant to further their science communication ende...
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Angkor region was actually a large Medieval city10 May 2021The Greater Angkor Region in contemporary Cambodia was dramatically more urbanized in the 13th century than previously thought, and home to 700.000 to...
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Seven Leiden professors elected new members of KNAW28 April 2021Seven Leiden professors have been elected as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In total 23 new members will be ina...
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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication22 April 2021The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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A Manifesto for Investigating the Impacts of Object Flows on Past Societies: Objectscapes21 April 2021World history is often framed in terms of flows of people and migration: humans coming ‘out of Africa’, the spread of farmers in the Holocene, Phoenic...
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics15 April 2021For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connect...
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First generation of students graduate from Applied Archaeology: ‘It is a peculiar and wonderful specialisation.’09 April 2021In 2019, Federico Cappadona was one of the first students to enroll in the new master’s specialisation Applied Archaeology. He recently graduated and ...
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Meet archaeologist Martin Berger: ‘I want to answer archaeological and heritage questions’08 April 2021In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a lar...
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’01 April 2021
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment ...
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Meet archaeologist Tuna Kalayci: ‘How can we integrate robots into archaeology?’10 March 2021In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a lar...
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Archaeology in eighth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 202109 March 2021It is the fifth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University...
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Leiden students offer ideas on restoring an antique ship08 March 2021How do you go about the sustainable restoration of a nineteenth-century ship without affecting its historical worth? Leiden University students from t...
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Shift in scientific consensus about demise of Neanderthals01 March 2021It is still unclear how the Neanderthals died out. For long, one theory seemed most likely: the emergence of the highly intelligent Homo sapiens, or m...
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Maarten Jansen compares ancient Mexican writing systems as Distinguished Emeritus Professor in Bonn22 February 2021Maarten Jansen, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Archaeology, was appointed as Distinguished Emeritus Professor for two years at the University of...