News
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University of Chicago Press Journals Continue to Earn Top Impact Factor Rankings14 October 2015
According to Thomson Reuters’ 2014 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) and the Washington & Lee University School of Law 2014 Journal Rankings, 22 journal...
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David Fontijn made Professor of the Archaeology of Early Europe at Leiden University18 June 2015
Congratulations to David Fontijn, who has been recognized by the University with the title of full Professor of the Archaeology of Early Europe.
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Fire, a universal landscaping tool08 June 2015
Ancient peoples might have harnessed the power of fire to modify their environment
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Second prize for Nathalie Brusgaard09 March 2015
Nathalie Brusgaard has won second prize (€ 2.000) in the Leiden University Thesis Prizes 2015 with her thesis 'The Social Significance of Cattle in Br...
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VICI Grant for Dr. David Fontijn16 February 2015
The subsidy funds new research into the: Economies of Destruction. The emergence of metalwork deposition during the Bronze Age in Northwest Europe, c....
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Tell Balata Archaeological Park project15 January 2015
Tell Balata Archaeological Park project On January 15th the cooperation project of the Faculty of Archaeology with the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism...
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EUR 15 million for excellent archaeological research into the colonisation of the Americas21 October 2014
Corinne Hofman (Professor in Caribbean Archaeology) has been awarded 15 million euro by the EU for her archaeological research on the colonisation of ...
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Fire came to Europe later than was thought30 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 Bourgeois22 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 Italy11 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 Ages01 July 2014On 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 drones17 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 ancestors11 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 Cambridge19 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 team10 April 2014From indigenous space to colonial setting. Archaeological investigations at El Chorro de Maita in Cuba wins prestigious prize.