News
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Osteoarchaeology: The Truth in Our Bones 30 August 2016
We are pleased to announce that on the 30th of September Dr. Andrea Waters-Rist from the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University (The Netherlands)...
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Palaeolithic fieldschool Barnham UK 2016 18 August 2016
This summer seven students from the Faculty of Archaeology crossed the North Sea to assist in the British Museum excavations at East Farm, Barnham, Su...
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Schöningen field campaign 2016 28 June 2016
As every year the Faculty of Archaeology bioarchaeology group has visited Schöningen Germany for field research.
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North Wales Botany Club Trip 2016 01 May 2016
Between the 29th of April and the 2nd of May 2016 the Botany Club went on its annual excursion. This time, the theme was alpine and arctic plants an...
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Corrie Bakels portrait unveiled 18 April 2016
During the Dean’s lecture on April 21 a portrait of Corrie Bakels will be unveiled. This portrait is part of the initiative of Athena’s Angels project...
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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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Pre-Neanderthalers could handle complex techniques 16 December 2015
An international team of researchers including Leiden archaeologists has produced convincing evidence that 300,000 years ago pre-Neanderthal people ha...
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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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Opening Museum and research center Paläon 02 July 2013
One of the highlights during the fieldwork in Schoningen lead by Prof. dr. Thijs van Kolfschoten in 2013 was the opening of the museum and research ce...
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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
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Woolly rhino site reveals ancient British temperature 14 March 2013
Scientists, including our faculty colleague Dr. Mike Field, studying an exceptionally well-preserved woolly rhinoceros have revealed details of what B...