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Archaeology at Leiden University in Top 10 of QS World University Rankings 2016 22 March 2016
The Faculty of Archaeology ranks as the best in continental Europe and is in the top ten of the world. The Faculty of Archaeology hosts a successful m...
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MOU Signing Between Leiden University And ACTA 15 February 2016
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Professor Corinne Hofman of the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University and Professor Albert Feilzer fr...
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Researched to the bone 12 December 2015
Symposium on the extraordinary excavations at Middenbeemster
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Close contact between women and dogs in prehistoric times 30 July 2014
Close contact between women and dogs in prehistoric times Women and dogs were in close contact in the neolithic age of hunters-fishers-gatherers. This...
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The archaeological discovery at the Paardenmarkt in Alkmaar 30 July 2014
In the summer of 2010, a special archaeological find resurfaced when plans to redevelop the Paardenmarkt, a parking lot in the historic city center of...
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90 coffin burials excavated in Kampen 26 June 2014
In May-June 2014, the BA and MA students from Leiden University supervised by Rachel Schats and Frank van Spelde excavated over 90 single coffin buria...
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PhD grant for Simone Lemmers 21 June 2014
Simone Lemmers has been awarded a Leverhume trust funded PhD Position at the University of Durham, UK in the field of Biological Anthropology supervis...
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Grant for Andrea Waters 07 May 2013
A small project grant from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung foundation has been awarded to Dr. Andrea Waters-Rist, a co-applicant on a project entitled