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Photo report: 'Ground-truthing' on the Veluwe 12 January 2022
Dr 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 Joyce 10 January 2022
American 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 landscapes 06 January 2022
The 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 Britain 23 December 2021
A 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 ago 15 December 2021
Hunter-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 2021
Sustainability 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 2021
Dr 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 2021
Like 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 2021
In 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 2021
What 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 Rome 17 November 2021
Debates 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 remains 20 October 2021
Rapid 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 horseback 20 October 2021
Horses were first domesticated in South-West Russia, is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers writing in the well-respected jou...
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The first LDE Professional Training Landscape Biography: a Retrospect 20 October 2021
The first professional training organised by the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development has finished. The participants work f...
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant 05 October 2021
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to M...