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New insights into Neandertal knowledge from the mass-spectrometry analysis of plastic containersThe analysis of protein residues extracted from the storage containers of circa 50,000 year old bone-tools reveals Neandertal strategic selection of b...
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‘I miss the smell of old paper in the vault’Curators devote a lot of attention to their collections. How is Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at Leiden University Libraries, managing t...
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Royal Distinction for archaeologist Maarten JansenOn 24 April it was announced that, following his farewell, archaeologist Professor Maarten Jansen was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion....
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their storiesRemembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...
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Aris Politopoulos lectures like an Assyrian king: ‘Video lectures need to be ten times more engaging’There are some lecturers who are better equipped to provide remote education than others. And then there is Aris Politopoulos, who already owned profe...
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USC online sports a big successHow can you stay fit during quarantine? The University Sports Centre may be closed, but online it's even more 'open' than usual.
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Working from home with the Classical and Mediterranean archaeologists: ‘I should have been in Rome right now’The archaeologists have been working from home three weeks now. Remotely, through Teams, we meet up with Miguel John Versluys’ research team, to see h...
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How Stone Age Humans Unlocked the Glucose in PlantsEarly cave paintings of hunting scenes may give the impression our Stone Age ancestors lived mainly on chunks of meat, but plants were just as key to ...
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Raymond Corbey’s Leiden experience: Meet the ‘embedded philosopher’Raymond Corbey holds a chair in both Philosophy of Science and Anthropology at the Faculty of Archaeology, to which he has been attached since 1993. T...
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Hunt for archaeological remains without leaving your homeThe Heritage Quest project begins on Monday 6 April. Heritage Quest is the first large-scale citizen science archaeology project in the Netherlands: a...
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Moving to virtual collaboration with Marike van Aerde and her team: ‘There is real team spirit in our WhatsApp group’Marike van Aerde was at the brink of traveling to India for fieldwork when that country closed its borders, three weeks ago. Only a few days later, Le...
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Working from home as an Archaeologist: 'As far as I know, no one has ever explored my living room for lost cities'At first glance, archaeology seems like a job that is hard to take home. Nothing could be further from the truth though! Our archaeologists are curren...
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Professor Corrie Bakels receives 50th AnalectaCorrie Bakels would have given this year's Kroon lecture on Friday March 20, but the event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her colleague...
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Rachel Schats is preparing an archaeology course from home: ‘Do what you can and don’t make it yourself too difficult’As a lecturer of a block 4 course, osteoarchaeologist Dr Rachel Schats is preparing to give her education remotely. For this she uses Kaltura, Leiden ...
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Videoconferencing with the Rural Riches group: ‘The most important thing is to develop some discipline’The Rural Riches research group convenes for coffee on a daily basis. Remotely, that is, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. It is the perfect way t...