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The Ethics Committee at Archaeology: ‘Think ahead before starting your research, that’s the point’02 March 2022In the past decade many academic journals have started to require that researchers provide evidence of ethical review when submitting papers, for exam...
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Prestigious Gutenberg Research Award for archaeologist Wil Roebroeks23 February 2022Leiden archaeologist Professor Wil Roebroeks receives the 2021 Gutenberg Research Award of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). "By granting Wil...
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Streaming the Sagas: a live role play in the North-European Age of Heroes21 February 2022Hwæt! You've heard of the adventures of the mighty Beowulf. You've heard of the brave folk standing beside him, and the awe-inspiring foes standing ag...
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition15 February 2022Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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Archaeologist Ann Brysbaert appointed as director of Netherlands Institute at Athens11 February 2022On March 1 2022, Professor Ann Brysbaert will succeed Dr Winfred van de Put as director of the Netherlands Institute at Athens (NIA). Having been a re...
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Charlotte van der Voort wins Leiden Thesis Prize09 February 2022The winner of the Leiden University Thesis Prize has made an original and substantial contribution to argumentation theory. This is what Annetje Ottow...
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Researcher develops Google for archaeologists04 February 2022An incredible quantity of archaeological reports are stored in digital archives. If you want to search for information in them, you have to do this ma...
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Innovative research offers new insight into ancient infant feeding practices04 February 2022New sampling and analytical strategies give archaeologists a better understanding of the nutrition and survival of ancient populations. Publication in...
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Jan Kolen new Artificial Intelligence Coordinator at Leiden University03 February 2022The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Jan Kolen as the University’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coordinator as of 1 February 2022. I...
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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...