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Computer models chart extensive Caribbean inter-island networks 06 September 2018
The precolonial inhabitants of the Caribbean islands communicated, travelled, and exchanged objects and ideas along an expansive inter-island network....
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Impressions from the Nexus 1492 fieldwork in the Dominican Republic 20 August 2018
The summer has flown by and the Nexus 1492 team in Valverde, Dominican Republic, has once again had an exciting and successful season!
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Corinne Hofman elected to prestigious British Academy fellowship 19 July 2018
Professor Corinne Hofman has been made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. She is among 76 distingui...
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Film funded with ERC grant in premiere at Mexican film festival 17 July 2018
The feature drama film In Times of Rain will have its world premiere at the Guanajuato International Film Festival (#GIFF 2018) in Mexico. The film is...
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Lewis Borck's Leiden experience: "Theories and methods brought me in first" 09 May 2018
One and half years ago, Lewis Borck exchanged the arid and hot Southwest of the USA for the Netherlands. While an expert in Ancestral Pueblo and Hohok...
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Rescue excavations in the Caribbean 02 March 2018
Alongside the incredible devastation brought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the fall of 2017, the storms have had an extremely damaging effect on the...
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Archaeology in eighth position in QS World University Rankings 2018 01 March 2018
It 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...
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Traces of indigenous "Taíno" found in present-day Caribbean populations 22 February 2018
A thousand-year-old tooth has provided genetic evidence that the so-called "Taíno", the first indigenous Americans to feel the full impact of European...
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Dental analysis gives unique insight in life of enslaved African 15 February 2018
A new study published in Archaeometry describes the unexpected results obtained from analyses of five human teeth discovered in a ritual cache at an ...
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Knowledge of Caribbean Amerindians crucial for colonisation of Americas 13 February 2018
The significance of indigenous Amerindian knowledge has been marginalised in the history of the colonisation of the Americas. Wrongly, according to re...
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Research into colonial encounters wins Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship 06 February 2018
Archaeologist Corinne Hofman wins the Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship 2018/19 for research into the changing world of indigenous peoples as a result ...
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First Dutch National Post-Doc Prize Awarded to Dr. Hayley Mickleburgh 24 November 2017
The first Dutch National Post-Doc Prize was awarded to Dr. Hayley Mickleburgh, postdoctoral researcher in the field of funerary archaeology with ERC-S...
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Latin American and Caribbean delegation visits Faculty of Archaeology 24 November 2017
The 4th Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) meeting was held at the Faculty of Archaeology on 20 November. Ambassadors and representatives from coun...
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Archaeology in ninth position in QS World University Rankings 2017 09 March 2017
It is the second year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as i...
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Solving water problems with archaeology 03 February 2017
Archaeologist Araceli Rojas has been invited to participate in the award-winning festival Let’s Talk about Water. This festival combines academic semi...