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Putting life into Neolithic houses with an NWO subsidy: ‘We will bring detail in our image of past domestic activities’ 20 October 2020Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn received an NWO Archeologie Telt grant to investigate domestic craft and subsistence activities of late Neolithic peopl...
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Archaeozoological Lab reorganised and renewed: 'We can now study most of the fauna in Europe' 01 October 2020The Laboratory for Archaeozoological Studies underwent a big reorganization and received a great donation from the Institute of Biology this summer. L...
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NWO subsidy for archaeological search engine: ‘There is no physical digging involved!’ 28 September 2020When you want to analyse big quantities of archaeological data, you run into the issue that searching through excavation reports is extremely time-con...
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Digital archaeologist Alex Brandsen featured in Artificial Intelligence dossier 10 September 2020
Apps that can precisely identify shards, coins or heel bones: archaeology has embraced artificial intelligence. Alex Brandsen is working on a search e...
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Marie Kolbenstetter will explore the archaeology of southern Honduras with a NWO subsidy 19 August 2020Our master’s alumna Marie Kolbenstetter was recently awarded a NWO subsidy for a PhD in the Humanities. With this funding she will be able to continue...
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New Handbook on microscopic archaeological samples crosses disciplines 13 July 2020A couple of years ago, Dr Amanda Henry noted that she was unable to determine all microremains in her archaeological samples. Herself an expert on sta...
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André Ramcharan’s Leiden experience: ‘When I started, I didn’t see this as a career path.’ 18 June 2020André Ramcharan has been a familiar face at the Faculty of Archaeology for decades. Joining our faculty without any knowledge on animal bones, he has ...
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Walking among elephants: A 300,000-year-old, nearly complete elephant skeleton from Schöningen 10 June 2020Elephants ranged over Schöningen in Lower Saxony 300,000 years ago. In recent years, remains of at least ten elephants have been found at the Palaeoli...
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Employing Artificial Intelligence in the search for archaeological remains 25 May 2020Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart has developed a way to use Deep Learning and geography software to rapidly and systematically map prehistoric barrows, ...
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Professor Corrie Bakels receives 50th Analecta 26 March 2020Corrie 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’ 26 March 2020As 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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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2020 12 March 2020It is the fourth 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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The future of experiencing the past 11 March 2020The Faculty of Archaeology experiments with innovating their teaching methods, using 3D scans and visualisation technology to enable active learning. ...
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Mike Field’s Leiden Experience: ‘I try to make research teaching and teaching research.’ 11 March 2020Mike Field has been at the Faculty of Archaeology since 2008. As a driven archaeobotanist, he is consistantly contributing to the study of plant fossi...
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'I am interested in how we simulate ourselves into the future' 04 February 2020It is a known trait in humans to anchor innovations in the past, so as to make new developments easier to accept. It is an aspect of humanity that can...