News
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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. ...
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Veni for climate change and human evolution 06 September 2013
Leiden archaeologist José Joordens has been awarded a Veni grant to develop her research on the role of climate change in early hominin evolution.
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Charlemagne’s Backyard? 05 September 2013
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) granted the research proposal submitted in the Free Competition by Prof. dr. F.C.W.J. Theuw...
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Archeologists involved in drilling the East African Rift System 03 September 2013
NWO-ALW has funded the project Climate impact on human evolution: age calibration of the ICDP Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP), l...
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Ancient water management and field systems in southern Jordan 28 August 2013
About 15 km to the south of the ancient city of Petra, archaeologists from the University of Leiden have discovered an impressive network of ancient w...
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Neandertals made the first specialised bone tools in Europe 13 August 2013
New finds demonstrate that Neandertals were the first in Europe to make standardised and specialised bone tools – which are still in use today. These ...
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Rescuing Tell Begum 10 July 2013
Olivier Nieuwenhuyse, member of the Faculty of Archaeology, was successful in receiving a grant from the Bijvanck Foundation for a first campaign of w...
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PhD grant for Andy Sorensen 21 June 2013
NWO Humanities and the Humanities Regieorgaan have awarded a PhD grant to Andy Sorensen under the joint funding program PhDs in the Humanities. Andy w...
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Leiden Archaeologist joins prestigious french project 24 May 2013
Dr. Joanita Vroom (Near Eastern and Mediterranean archaeology) has been invited to join the prestigious French POMEDOR Project as co-applicant and reg...
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Leiden archaeologist Wil Roebroeks appointed Academy Professor 08 May 2013
Wil Roebroeks, Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology in Leiden, is to be awarded the ‘Academy Professors Prize’ of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sc...
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Rubicon (NWO) awarded to Dr. Quentin Bourgeois 27 March 2013
A Rubicon Grant is awarded to dr Quentin Bourgeois for his reserach project "Walking along Ancestral Lines. Prehistoric barrow alignments from the 3rd...
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24 years of excavations on one DVD: The archive of Tell Sabi Abyad will be digitized with a grant from DANS 27 February 2013
DANS (Digital Archiving and Networked Services - an institute of the KNAW) has granted an application for a Small Data Project for the digitizing and ...
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Minister Plasterk opens exhibition on the work of Corinne Hofman and Menno Hoogland on Saba 24 January 2013
During his visit to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, Minister Ronald Plasterk (Home Affairs) on Thursday, January 24, 2013 performed the official op...
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Marie Louise Sørensen Professor in Bronze Age Studies 19 December 2012
The Faculty of Archaeology has appointed Dr Marie Louise Sørensen as Professor in Bronze Age Studies in the European Prehistory research group from 1s...