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From the Colossal to the Microscopic: exhibition on archaeological sciences in Van Steenis 13 December 2018Scientific methods and techniques have been employed in archaeological research since the very birth of the discipline. It is impossible to imagine mo...
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About 350 human skeletons from Arnhem come to Leiden on loan 19 October 2018Leiden Archaeology students may write their master's theses on the recently acquired collection skeletons from the city of Arnhem. We interviewed oste...
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Review of 2017 Leiden Experimental Archaeology conference 18 October 2018The 10th Experimental Archaeology Conference of EXARC took place in Leiden, Netherlands, over three days; 20th to the 22nd April 2017, in Leiden Unive...
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Archaeologist Diederik Pomstra subjects himself to wild food experiment 17 October 2018What did our distant ancestors eat and how did they prepare their food? For the length of a month, experimental archaeologist Diederik Pomstra subject...
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Leiden strengthens collaboration with China 16 October 2018A delegation from Leiden University, headed by Vice-Rector Hester Bijl, was in China from 9 to 11 October. During the visit to different universities ...
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Mike Field to head the Bioarchaeology Labs 10 September 2018Dr Mike Field is the newly appointed Head of the Bioarchaeology Laboratories (Zoology, Human Osteology, and Botany). The new laboratories provide memb...
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In memoriam: Dr Johanna Stöger (1957-2018) 21 August 2018On 19th August, we received the sad news that our dear colleague, Dr Johanna Stöger, has passed on. Hanna died, surrounded by family, at home in South...
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First trials with Iron age dugout canoe 26 July 2018On the 6th of July, wood specialists, members of the canoe club Natsec, a professional boat builder, volunteers of the Vlaardingen Broekpolder and stu...
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Neanderthals could make fire – just like our modern ancestors 19 July 2018Neanderthals were able to make fire on a large scale with the aid of pyrite and hand-axes. This means they could decide when and where they wanted fir...
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2 new Veni-grants: investigating malaria in the Middle Ages and coinage in Rome 17 July 2018Two researchers at the Faculty of Archaeology have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award off...
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Reconstructing a Medieval house in Vlaardingen 05 July 2018Nine Archaeology students have built a reconstruction of an early medieval house in Vlaardingen. The house, built according to a houseplan discovered ...
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How can you rescue clay tablets from the war in Syria? 07 June 2018On 7 June, the National Museum of Antiquities opened a mini exhibition 'Scanning for Syria'. The exhibition shows how Leiden archaeologists and Delft ...
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Prof. Bakels celebrates half-a-century scholarship at Leiden University 17 April 2018Prof. C. Bakels is an archaeobotanist who devoted most of her career researching farming, its (pre)history and influence on the landscape. Born in 194...
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Sarah Schrader to head the Osteoarchaeology lab 09 April 2018Since August 2017, dr. Sarah Schrader is working at the Faculty of Archaeology in the department of Archaeological Sciences. Her expertise is human os...
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Archaeology in eighth position in QS World University Rankings 2018 01 March 2018It is the third year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as it...