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Andy Sorensen's Scientific Reports article in top 100 most read 21 May 2019
The research article ‘Neanderthal fire-making technology inferred from microwear analysis’ received 7,053 article views in 2018, placing it as one of ...
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LUF Grant for Natalia Donner for archaeological research at Darien Gap 18 April 2019
Archaeologist 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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Podcast: A plunge into the cesspits of Leiden 15 April 2019
Archaeologist Roos van Oosten is studying Leiden's medieval cesspits. And on the basis of her work she reaches a surprising conclusion: the Middle Age...
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Anita Casarotto receives LUF grant for unlocking Mediterranean legacy survey data 12 April 2019
Mediterranean archaeologist Dr Anita Casarotto has been awarded a grant of € 5,800 from the Byvanck Fonds for her research on unlocking important data...
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Tymon de Haas receives LUF grant for research on the ecological impact of Roman expansion 04 April 2019
Through the Byvanck Fund, Classical Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas has received a grant of €6,350 for his research on the ecological impact...
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‘Heritage decisions limit our ability to imagine alternative forms of society’ 19 March 2019
It 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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New documentary “The Future is Handmade” reflects on value of craft 22 February 2019
The documentary invites us to consider the question of what we consider valuable knowledge. “We need to realise that doing and thinking are intertwine...
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Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’ 20 February 2019
Laura 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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Archaeologist helps develop board game on European prehistory 15 February 2019
In the new board game Epoch – Early Inventors you explore the prehistoric landscape. You gather food and raw material to develop tools and skills, and...
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Dr Andrew Sorensen wins Tübingen Prize for Older Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology 12 February 2019
Andrew Sorensen received the award for his work on the origins of fire-making, especially for his dissertation "Beyond Prometheus: Pursuing the origin...
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Giacomo Fontana wins thesis prize with 'Seeking tombs from space' 11 February 2019
The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) annually awards the best theses on the Ancient Near East. The 2018 award went to archaeology studen...
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The interplay of cultures and technologies investigated in successful Lorentz Workshop 06 February 2019
In 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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Valentina Azzarà’s Leiden Experience: “I work on the big picture” 06 February 2019
Recently, Valentina Azzarà joined the Faculty of Archaeology as a postdoc in the Archaeology of the Near East research group. She mostly focuses on th...
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Replica of unique prehistoric sword unveiled in Oss 11 January 2019
The Faculty of Archaeology has a long research tradition in the municipality of Oss. Since 1974, researchers and students have been carrying out archa...
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Faculty of Archaeology contributes to 'Heritage on the Move' Overview Exhibition 03 December 2018
The Faculty of Archaeology, in the persons of Marlena Antczak and Lennart Kruijer, had three pictures included in the exhibition 'Heritage on the Move...