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Book Landscapes of Survival sheds new light on the habitation of the Jordan desertsDecember 2020 saw the crowning publication of the Landscapes of Survival project by Professor Peter Akkermans. Its main topic is human habitation in m...
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Leiden archaeologists discover an early form of money from Prehistoric Central EuropePeople in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catali...
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Archaeologist Maikel Kuijpers reflects on academic feud over Nebra sky discIn a New York Times report on a bitter archaeological feud over the Nebra sky disk, Maikel Kuijpers reflects on its importance. 'It’s really unfortuna...
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Academia in motion: a different form of recognition and rewardA better balance between teaching and research duties, greater recognition of team performances and the elimination of simplistic assessment criteria....
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New publication affirms academic legacy of Hanna StögerIn summer 2018 classical archaeologist Hanna Stöger passed away. At that moment she was in the midst of several cutting-edge research projects on the ...
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Dental remains shed light on drug use in 19th century Dutch villageArchaeologist Bjørn Peare Barthold suspected farmers in a doctorless 19th century Dutch village may have been self-medicating to manage pain and disea...
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NWA-grant for project 'Streaming the past'Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Archaeology, with the support of the communication departments of these Faculties and th...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projectsA festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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Archaeology student Jan Dekker interviewed by NewScientist and Smithsonian Magazine on arrowheads of human boneThe identification of the material of prehistoric arrowheads as human bone led to interest from the media. Research Master's student Jan Dekker, the p...
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Archaeologist Bleda Düring in conversation about new publication on Archaeologies of EmpireThe School for Advanced Research organised an onlne conversation between Dr Bleda Düring and his co-editors of the publication Archaeologies of Empire...
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Investigating a prehistoric Pan-European culture with an NWO grant: ‘One of the most transformative periods in European prehistory’Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois received an NWO Vidi grant to investigate the emergence of a pan-European culture in the third millennium BC. ‘We see ...
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New Director of Operations Niels Laurens: ‘I am grateful there are people who chose to do archaeology as their profession.’Niels Laurens recently started as the new Director of Operations at the Faculty of Archaeology as well as the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs...
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Prehistoric hunters from the North Sea used human bones as weaponsOver the years, many spectacular archaeological finds have been washed ashore on the Dutch coast. Among these a large assemblage of barbed points made...
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Data Management and the Gortyn Project: ‘With great data comes great responsibility’The world is becoming increasingly digitised, and the information one has easy access to is often rather overwhelming. In particular, the accumulative...
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Skype a Scientist: talking about ancient bones with people all over the worldSkype a Scientist is an online platform that matches scientists with classrooms and families around the world. At the start of the corona crisis, PhD ...