News
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Fire came to Europe later than was thought 30 July 2014
Early hominins probably lived in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years before using fire to alleviate the winter cold, to cook or to make tools. I...
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Veni for Quentin Bourgeois 22 July 2014
The project investigates the landscape organization of Corded Ware groups in north-western Europe during the 3rd Millennium BC.
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New Leiden Centre of Archaeological Studies in Italy 11 July 2014
The Faculty of Archaeology has a new Centre of Archaeological Studies in Italy.
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Discovery of a unique silver bowl from the Early Middle Ages 01 July 2014
On an excavation site in Oegstgeest Leiden University archaeologists discovered a very rare silver bowl from the first half of the seventh century. Th...
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Masterclass discovers new archaeological sites with drones 17 June 2014
During the Masterclass “Archaeology from the Sky”, participating students have used small drones to acquire aerial photos from the Italian landscape o...
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Breaking and making the ancestors 11 June 2014
Arjan Louwen (MA) will start a PhD research project on the social and ideological aspects of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age cremation graves in co...
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Visit to Cambridge 19 May 2014
From 12 – 16 May, prof. Fokkens and five RMA students (Kiki de Bondt, Jordy Aal, Mette Langbroek, Gwendolynn de Groote and Bastiaan Steffens) visited ...
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National award of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba 2013 for Dr. Roberto Valcárcel Rojas and international team 10 April 2014
From indigenous space to colonial setting. Archaeological investigations at El Chorro de Maita in Cuba wins prestigious prize.
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NWO Free Competition Grant for Al-Jallad and Akkermans 12 February 2014
Dr. Ahmad Al-Jallad and Prof.dr. Peter Akkermans have been awarded with the NWO Free Competition Grant for their research project 'Landscapes of Survi...
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New research project in Oman 11 November 2013
In January 2014 the first season will take place of a new research project from the Faculty of Archaeology in Oman.
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Archaeology should have local use and lead to more sustainability 05 November 2013
Leiden heritage expert Sjoerd van der Linde is carrying out research on the heritage of the Caribbean region. This research forms part of the internat...
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Exhibition: Unity and Diversity in the Amerindian Caribbean 10 October 2013
The exhibition Unity and Diversity in the Amerindian Caribbean: The El Cabo San Rafael Archaeological Site has been officially opened by Prof. dr. Cor...
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Veni and NWO Free Competition grant for dr. Tesse Stek 30 September 2013
Dr. Tesse Stek has been awarded a Veni and a Free Competition (within the Humanities field) grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Resea...
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KNAW Merian Prize awarded to Corinne Hofman, archaeologist of the Caribbean 19 September 2013
Corinne Hofman, Leiden Professor of the Archaeology of the Caribbean Region has been awarded the 2013 KNAW Merian Prize for women in science. Her aim ...
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Jean Jacques Hublin appointed in Leiden 12 September 2013
The Board of Leiden University has authorized the Faculty of Archaeology to appoint Prof. dr. Jean-Jacques Hublin as professor of palaeoanthropology. ...