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Skype a Scientist: talking about ancient bones with people all over the world02 December 2020Skype a Scientist is an online platform that matches scientists with classrooms and families around the world. At the start of the corona crisis, PhD ...
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‘Involve the local community in archaeology’27 November 2020Local perceptions, attachments and knowledge are often not considered in the methodology of archaeology when researching a site, argues PhD-candidate ...
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Neanderthals could tolerate smoke24 November 2020The idea that modern humans displaced Neanderthals because they were better protected against toxic smoke components is now under fire. An earlier stu...
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Studying the pre-Roman Samnite people with an IRESMO research grant19 November 2020In Spring next year, a new and international team of archaeologists, historians, and education experts will start a collaborative project on the archa...
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NWO Vidi grant for 11 Leiden researchers04 November 2020Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded an 800,000 euro Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own...
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Leiden archaeology project nominated for volunteer prize26 October 2020The Heritage Quest archaeology project has been nominated for the Heritage Volunteer Prize. In the project volunteers are looking for archaeological r...
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Rescuing ancient rock art in Pakistan with a Prince Claus Heritage Emergency Grant22 October 2020Pakistani archaeologist Abdul Ghani Khan (MPhil) and Dr Marike van Aerde (Leiden University) have been awarded the Prince Claus Heritage Emergency Gra...
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Unravelling prehistoric fire use: ‘Variation in fire conditions equals variation in human behaviour’21 October 2020Building a fire involves many variables, such as size, choice of fuel, temperature, and burn time, that affect the way the generated heat can be used,...
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New investigation of South African rock shelter sheds light into Middle and Later Stone Age modern human behaviour21 October 2020In the eighties the Umhlatuzana rock shelter in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, was excavated. Results from this excavation led to an understanding when...
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Putting life into Neolithic houses with an NWO subsidy: ‘We will bring detail in our image of past domestic activities’20 October 2020Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn received an NWO Archeologie Telt grant to investigate domestic craft and subsistence activities of late Neolithic peopl...
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Blogging about the Middle Ages: love magic, face masks and video games13 October 2020Three years ago, on 13 October 2017, the Leiden Medievalists Blog was established. In their blogs, Leiden researchers from all disciplines talk about ...
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Hello Leiden. How’s it going? Minister Van Engelshoven pays online working visit to Leiden University13 October 2020Teaching during the corona crisis, the high workload and the challenges faced by the Faculty of humanities. In an online working visit to Leiden Unive...
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What's it like to start studying Archaeology during corona07 October 2020Already one month has passed and the Archaeology classes are well underway. So what's it like to actually start your studies during Covid-19? Three fi...
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The enduring impact of Egypt on Western culture07 October 2020The material and intellectual presence of Egypt is at the heart of Western culture, religion, and art from Antiquity to the present. In his book ‘Beyo...
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Archaeozoological Lab reorganised and renewed: 'We can now study most of the fauna in Europe'01 October 2020The Laboratory for Archaeozoological Studies underwent a big reorganization and received a great donation from the Institute of Biology this summer. L...