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Archaeology alumnus Wytze Stellingwerf 2nd place IISG Thesis Award 2017 07 December 2017
With his master's thesis 'The patriot behind the pot' Wytze Stellingwerf reached second place, among 38 contestants, in the IISG Thesis Award 2017. "W...
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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 alumnus Valerio Gentile wins W.A. van Es Award 20 November 2017
Valerio Gentile received the award during the Reuvensdagen for his master's thesis 'Martiality in Practice'. He is the first international student who...
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Of home-loving men and intinerant marriageable women 19 October 2017
Some 5000 years ago the people of the corded ware culture exchanged ideas about death on a continental scale. There were strong gender differences in...
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Still learning from the Ancient Greeks 09 October 2017
There are still things we can learn from the Ancient Greeks. How they managed to make sure that innovations were accepted, for example. A group of cla...
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Andy Sorensen wins Pecha Kucha presentation prize 05 October 2017
At the 7th annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) conference held here in Leiden September 21-23 Andy Sorensen...
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Hundreds of Stone Tombs Discovered in Land of 'Dead Fire' 13 July 2017
The faculty has been investigating hundreds of ancient stone tombs in Jordan’s Black Desert.
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Extraordinary Merovingian cemetery excavated by Leiden University 07 June 2017
In the last weeks of May 2017 a team of students, PhD’s and postdocs of Leiden University led by prof. Frans Theuws excavated a small but exclusive ce...
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What makes us human? Or modern human? 31 May 2017
Two Vidi subsidies for Faculty of Archaeology.
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Neanderthals coming out of the dirt 03 May 2017
Extinct hominin DNA extracted from >40,000 years old sediment
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DANS Klein DataProject bursary for Joanita Vroom 03 May 2017
Joanita Vroom, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology, has received a DANS Klein DataProject (KDP) bursary for her project entitled ‘Data A...
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City of Epe issues subsidy for research Quentin Bourgeois 06 April 2017
For the next three years the municipality of Epe will contribute to the research on the Epe barrow alignment. The city complements funds that NWO made...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Frans Theuws 06 April 2017
Prof. dr. Frans Theuws has received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The 2,5 million euro grant will be used in a 5-year A...
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Archaeology article Scientific Reports in top 100 most read 29 March 2017
The research article ‘Selection and Use of Manganese Dioxide by Neanderthals’ received 12421 article views in 2016, placing it as one of the top 100 r...