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Embedding scientific research in the Caribbean with funding from NWO17 February 2021On January 7th Minister van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands announced that the project Island(er)s at the Helm: Co-cr...
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Local Panama communities work with archaeologists on historic land rights09 February 2021The question of land property titles is a common source of conflict between indigenous communities and federal authorities all over the Americas. A ne...
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The ecological footprint of European colonization at the doorway to the Americas16 July 2020Historical figures such as Columbus have returned to the centre of public debate. Much remains to be discovered about his legacy and current impact on...
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Ancient DNA provides new insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean05 June 2020According to a new study by an international team of researchers from the Caribbean, Europe and North America, the Caribbean was settled by several su...
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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 202012 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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Isotope analysis finds source lead poisoning among slaves on Barbados30 October 2019The dental remains of 25 enslaved Africans from the site of Newton's Plantation, on Barbados, were subjected to isotope analysis. Previous research ha...
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Jason Laffoon's Archaeometry article in top 20 most read25 June 2019The research article ‘The life history of an enslaved African’ is one of the top 20 read Archaeometry articles in the period of January 2017 to Decemb...
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Jason Laffoon’s Leiden Experience: ‘I am expanding my horizons chronologically and regionally’19 June 2019Back in 2008, Jason Laffoon moved from Chicago to Leiden. He came to join the Faculty of Archaeology’s Caribbean research group as a PhD candidate. No...
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Caribbean Ties international exhibition opens at Museon23 May 2019The international travelling exhibition Caribbean Ties will open at Museon in The Hague on Saturday 25 May. It tells the untold story of the indigenou...
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LUF Grant for Natalia Donner for archaeological research at Darien Gap18 April 2019Archaeologist Natalia Donner has been awarded a grant of €5,000 from the Bakels Fonds for her research Bridging the Gap: a historical ecological appro...
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‘Heritage decisions limit our ability to imagine alternative forms of society’19 March 2019It is difficult to imagine a society other than a hierarchical nation-state. This is in part because we neglect alternative forms from the past, argue...
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Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’20 February 2019Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology, and that’s exactly what she did. Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rive...
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The interplay of cultures and technologies investigated in successful Lorentz Workshop06 February 2019In the week of 14 to 18 January the Lorentz workshop 'Intersecting Worlds. The Interplay of Cultures and Technology' took place at the Lorentz Center ...
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Faculty of Archaeology contributes to 'Heritage on the Move' Overview Exhibition03 December 2018The Faculty of Archaeology, in the persons of Marlena Antczak and Lennart Kruijer, had three pictures included in the exhibition 'Heritage on the Move...
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Computer models chart extensive Caribbean inter-island networks06 September 2018The precolonial inhabitants of the Caribbean islands communicated, travelled, and exchanged objects and ideas along an expansive inter-island network....