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No humans needed: Neanderthals possibly responsible for their own extinction 27 November 2019Scientists remain puzzled by the sudden extinction of Neanderthals, some 40,000 years ago. New research by scientists from Eindhoven University of Tec...
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Sandrine Gallois second place in prestigious Rising Talent Prize 22 November 2019Sandrine Gallois, a post-doctoral research in the HARVEST project, was awarded second place in the prestigious L'Óreal UNESCO For Women In Science Ris...
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Neanderthals knew what they were doing when it came to making the oldest known glue 29 October 2019Adhesives are an incredibly important part of every day life. They help hold together everything from shoes and mobile phones to satellites in space. ...
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Thijs van Kolfschoten President Quaternary Research union 10 September 2019This summer, the International Union For Quaternary Research (INQUA) 2019 Congress took place in Dublin (Ireland), with 2305 delegates from 75 countr...
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Archaeological Science article on experimental archaeology among most downloaded 15 August 2019The research article ‘Anatomy of a notch. An in-depth experimental investigation and interpretation of combat traces on Bronze Age swords’ is one of t...
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Rachel Schats’ Leiden Experience: ‘I want to contribute to human history and human health.’ 01 August 2019Rachel Schats has been a familiar face at the Faculty of Archaeology since she started her bachelor’s in Archaeology in 2005. Now she is an assistant ...
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Innovative online course on Modelling and Simulation in Archaeology 02 July 2019Simulation is a formal scientific method used to develop, compare and test hypotheses (models). In the last few decades the use of simulation has incr...
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A digital eye for archaeologists 25 June 2019Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart is refining an artificial intelligence system that can detect and classify archaeological objects on digital images. Su...
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Exploring 3D technology in pottery studies: ‘It is the future’ 06 May 2019In the depots of the Faculty of Archaeology, many artifacts, accumulated after decades of fieldwork across the world, are stored. A new project, the L...
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Amanda Henry’s Leiden Experience: ‘I want to know why our ancestors made certain choices’ 03 May 2019Two years ago, Amanda Henry joined the Faculty of Archaeology’s Archaeological Sciences department. She investigates diet and human evolution, with a ...
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800 year old mystery of ancient bone disease solved 30 April 2019Scientific research at the molecular level on a collection of medieval skeletons from Norton Priory in Cheshire, United Kingdom, could help rewrite hi...
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Building an excavation report search engine with a Digital Humanities grant 21 February 2019PhD candidate Alex Brandsen, working in the Digital Archaeology research group has recently received a grant from the Leiden University Centre for Dig...
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Archaeologists visit Ethiopia for material culture studies project 10 January 2019Annelou van Gijn and Diederik Pomstra took part in the Shire Project in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, to contribute to an exciting mix of lithic and use-...
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Victor Klinkenberg’s Leiden Experience: “I like to bring experts and ideas together” 08 January 2019Dr Victor Klinkenberg calls himself a generalist pur sang. As an expert on digital archaeology he has worked on nearly all the regions the Faculty of ...
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Sarah Schrader appointed to Young Academy Leiden 08 January 2019The recently formed Young Academy Leiden consists of a group of young scholars who are committed to increasing interdisciplinary research, promoting s...