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Archaeologists in action: stories from the fieldDuring the summer, staff of the Faculty of Archaeology congregate in all parts of the world, initiating or joining fieldwork projects. Read some of th...
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Five ERC Starting Grants for young Leiden University researchersThe European Research Council has awarded a Starting Grant to five early career scientists from Leiden University. They received funding up to 1.5 mil...
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First trials with Iron age dugout canoeOn the 6th of July, wood specialists, members of the canoe club Natsec, a professional boat builder, volunteers of the Vlaardingen Broekpolder and stu...
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Corinne Hofman elected to prestigious British Academy fellowshipProfessor Corinne Hofman has been made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. She is among 76 distingui...
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Neanderthals could make fire – just like our modern ancestorsNeanderthals were able to make fire on a large scale with the aid of pyrite and hand-axes. This means they could decide when and where they wanted fir...
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2 new Veni-grants: investigating malaria in the Middle Ages and coinage in RomeTwo researchers at the Faculty of Archaeology have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award off...
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Film funded with ERC grant in premiere at Mexican film festivalThe feature drama film In Times of Rain will have its world premiere at the Guanajuato International Film Festival (#GIFF 2018) in Mexico. The film is...
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Veni subsidies for sixteen Leiden researchersSixteen researchers at Leiden University have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award offers p...
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David Fontijn appointed as affiliated member German Archaeological InstituteThe German Archaeological Institute is a world leading research institute, which conducts and facilitates research in the archaeological sciences and ...
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Reconstructing a Medieval house in VlaardingenNine Archaeology students have built a reconstruction of an early medieval house in Vlaardingen. The house, built according to a houseplan discovered ...
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Unstoppable urbanisation of Indonesia calls for interdisciplinary partnershipsMore than half of the Indonesian population lives in cities. What does this mean for public health? How sustainable are these megacities? This is the ...
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Neanderthals used refined hunting techniques 120,000 years agoNeanderthals used careful techniques to hunt their prey at close range. This is the conclusion of an international team of archaeologists, including r...
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European subsidy for exchanges doubled at Leiden UniversityAlmost a hundred students and researchers can study in Leiden or go from Leiden to another university abroad as part of an exchange programme. Fourtee...
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Newly discovered barrrows under investigationMonday June 18th the department of European Prehistory of the Faculty of Archaeology started a five-year research (2018-2022) of two newly discovered ...
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European award for dissertation on Early Iron Age elite burialsIn 2017 Sasja van der Vaart-Verschoof defended her dissertation on Early Iron Age elite burials of the Low Countries at the Faculty of Archaeology. Ou...