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Dental remains shed light on drug use in 19th century Dutch villageArchaeologist Bjørn Peare Barthold suspected farmers in a doctorless 19th century Dutch village may have been self-medicating to manage pain and disea...
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Archaeology student Jan Dekker interviewed by NewScientist and Smithsonian Magazine on arrowheads of human boneThe identification of the material of prehistoric arrowheads as human bone led to interest from the media. Research Master's student Jan Dekker, the p...
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Prehistoric hunters from the North Sea used human bones as weaponsOver the years, many spectacular archaeological finds have been washed ashore on the Dutch coast. Among these a large assemblage of barbed points made...
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Unravelling prehistoric fire use: ‘Variation in fire conditions equals variation in human behaviour’Building a fire involves many variables, such as size, choice of fuel, temperature, and burn time, that affect the way the generated heat can be used,...
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New investigation of South African rock shelter sheds light into Middle and Later Stone Age modern human behaviourIn the eighties the Umhlatuzana rock shelter in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, was excavated. Results from this excavation led to an understanding when...
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Archaeological fieldwork in corona times: professor Marie Soressi's storyFrom July 25th till August 7th, a team led by Professor Marie Soressi went to France and worked at La Grande Roche de Quinçay, a cave site located in ...
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New insights into Neandertal knowledge from the mass-spectrometry analysis of plastic containersThe analysis of protein residues extracted from the storage containers of circa 50,000 year old bone-tools reveals Neandertal strategic selection of b...
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Raymond Corbey’s Leiden experience: Meet the ‘embedded philosopher’Raymond Corbey holds a chair in both Philosophy of Science and Anthropology at the Faculty of Archaeology, to which he has been attached since 1993. T...
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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 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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Les Cottés excavations reveals how Neandertals and Homo sapiens adapted to a changing climate 40,000 years agoThe transition from Middle to Upper Paleolithic is a major biological and cultural threshold in the construction of our common humanity. Technological...
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Neanderthal glue from the North SeaA flint tool covered with a tar-like substance has turned out to be a top scientific find. Research by a Dutch team of scientists showed the find to b...
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Archaeologist Andrew Sorensen on Dutch TV on prehistoric BBQThe Dutch TV programme Keuringsdienst van Waarde investigated the origin of BBQ taste. Prehistoric fire expert Andrew Sorensen was invited to explain ...
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Andrew Sorensen receives Veni for continuation of prehistoric fire-making researchIn 2018, Sorensen’s research into the fire-making habits of the Neanderthals reached the headlines all over the world. Now, a Veni grant will enable h...
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Using computer simulations to discover where Neanderthals livedArchaeologist Fulco Scherjon has used computer simulations to identify where and how Neanderthals lived in West Europe. What stood out was that they p...
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Andy Sorensen's Scientific Reports article in top 100 most readThe research article ‘Neanderthal fire-making technology inferred from microwear analysis’ received 7,053 article views in 2018, placing it as one of ...