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Archaeology students Rosa Seepma and Aida Tadesse receive NVFA incentive prize for Allard Pierson Museum internship. 26 June 2024Research Master’s students in Archaeology Rosa Seepma and Aida Tadesse received an Incentive Prize from the Dutch Association for Physical Anthropolog...
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Archaeology brings 3D scanning into the classroom 26 June 2024In the course 'From Ceramics to Plastics: The Mediterranean in 12 objects' students were taught to work with 3D scanning technologies. One of the unde...
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Leiden archaeologists create open educational resources on agent-based modeling 13 June 2024The past two years, Laura van der Knaap and Professor Karsten Lambers worked on creating open teaching materials on agent-based modeling, funded by Er...
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Studying archaeological roads gives insights into connectivity and movement 10 June 2024Archaeologist Tuna Kalayci investigates roads in a recent edited book. What happens if we think of roads not only as containers of action but also as ...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 5th in QS World University Ranking 11 April 2024It is the eighth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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DNA analysis of historical mosquitoes will help us understand malaria transmission 05 April 2024Researchers from Leiden University, McMaster University and Public Health Ontario are calling on colleagues to track down archival specimens of mosqui...
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International Women's Day: the visibility of women in archaeology 08 March 2024On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. For years, the rol...
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Archaeology student Anne Wagemakers wins LISF prize for report on research in Spain 14 February 2024With the help of a LUF grant, archaeology student Anne Wagemakers investigated an archaeological assemblage in Spain. Now her research report has won ...
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Karsten Lambers appointed as Professor of Digital and Computational Archaeology 12 February 2024In January, Dr Karsten Lambers was appointed as Professor of Digital and Computational Archaeology at Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology. With...
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Grant enables archaeologists to study origins of museum artefacts 13 December 2023Two researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology have received a grant from the Museums, Collections and Society (MSC) interdisciplinary programme. Thi...
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Investigating obsidian sources in Honduras with a Corrie Bakels Grant 13 November 2023Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like material, is often used for making tools by Mesoamerican societies. In Honduras, certain obsidian artefacts do not yet...
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Archaeological laboratories visit Faculty of Science for sustainable ideas 07 November 2023In 2018 the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) was launched in the UK. The aim of this programme was to help laboratories work more sus...
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Investigating Caribbean migrations with a Vidi grant: ‘With isotope analysis we can look at individual behaviors and long term patterns’ 03 July 2023Archaeologist Jason Laffoon was awarded an NWO Vidi grant for an innovative investigation into ancient migrations in the western Caribbean. The innova...
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Leiden workshop leads to special issue Journal of Osteoarchaeology 27 June 2023In 2021 the Leiden Osteoarchaeology Lab hosted an international workshop on methods to study past physical activity. It aimed to tackle a niche topic ...
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Leiden osteoarchaeologists hold an online class for Italian schoolchildren 25 May 2023Postdoctoral researcher Veronica Tamorri and a PhD candidate Maia Casna held an online osteoarchaeological class for secondary school children. Howeve...