Are predictive archaeological maps a reliable tool to play an important role in the spatial planning? One of the goals of this project was to develop best practices for the production and application of the models.

What workflow of non-destructive techniques provides accurate, valuable data to improve our understanding of Caribbean archaeological landscapes? How were Amerindian settlements configured?

This PhD project develops and applies a GIS procedure to use legacy survey data in settlement pattern analysis. As part of the research by the LERC project (NWO, Leiden University, KNIR), legacy data produced by surveys in central and southern Italy are examined in a comparative framework to investigate…

In several Mediterranean regions archaeological sites have been mapped by fieldwalking surveys, producing large amounts of data. These legacy site-based survey data represent an important resource to study ancient settlement organization. Methodological procedures are necessary to cope with the limits…

A comparative study on the spatial origin and development of towns in the northern Netherlands, 700-1400.

Promotores: W.T. de Groot, M. Tchuenté, Co-promotor: J.P. Cheylan

PhD Defence

This projects investigates spatial relations between soils and other resources and the urban layout of a classic Maya center in Campeche, Mexico.

Can we identify different degrees of economic integration, both within and between regions, on the basis of archaeological proxies?

Analysis of neuroimaging data requires multiple steps where statistics play a crucial role. The MRI methods research group develops new statistical methods that are accurate, transparent and easy to use.

Digital Archaeology is concerned with digital data for for archaeological research, and the computational methods and tools required to collect, analyse and manage it.

Tracing the residues of Neolithic activities through the study of stone artefacts

Volume 20 contains eight articles based on research of the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.

The use-wear analysis of domestic implements provided new insights of the Single Grave Culture population in the Netherlands.

A biographical approach to stone and bone tools in the Rhine/Meuse delta from Late Mesolithic to Bronze Age

Multi-objective evolutionary computation aims to find high quality (Pareto optimal) solutions that represent the trade-off between multiple objectives.

The Faculty of Archaeology

Social Aspects of Space in the Configurational Architecture of Frankish Castles in the Holy Land, 1099-1291

What are the behaviours of plant traits throughout various points in the growing season in a radiative transfer model framework and how well can this knowledge be integrated through data assimilation to provide priors for robust local and global vegetation products and analysis?

TruLife applies lessons from the study of long-term urban traditions, exemplified by pre-Columbian Maya tropical cities, to present-day sustainable urban design.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

Lecture

A Spatial Enquiry into the Urban Society of Rome’s Imperial Port-Town

In meta-analysis, heterogeneity often exists between studies. In such cases, it is essential to investigate the sources of heterogeneity and understand the relationship between effect size and study characteristics (i.e., moderators).

The Centre for Digital Heritage undertakes collaborative international research in the field of Digital Heritage. It is an initiative of the University of York.

Promotor: T. Schmidt

How can ecosystem services within river catchments be quantified in spatial and temporal explicit way?

This thesis is based on five papers on several topics.

Eyserheide. A Magdalenian Open-Air Site In The Loess Area Of The Netherlands And Its Archaeological Context.

Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander Co-Promotor: F.M. Spieksma

The central research question focuses on identifying shifts in the urban social network in terms of private, semi-public and public space by means of mapping the spatial distributions of wells and cesspits in the town of Haarlem in the course of the pre-industrial period (1200-1800). Shifts may be indicative…

Promotor: Prof. dr. I. Snellen, Co-Promotor: Dr. M. Kenworthy

Dr Amy Strecker has recently been awarded a LGI BREED grant to develop her project on property and spatial justice in international law. Building on her previous research into landscape protection from cultural heritage, environmental and human rights perspectives, Amy will combine legal analysis with…

Investigating Neolithic houses in Britain through microwear and residue analysis of stone tools

This project incorporates spatiality into the discussion of medieval demography, allowing for a more nuanced view on medieval town populations. It establishes a maximum population count for towns for periods prior to 1400 and provides a means to compare the ranking of towns using size and density instead…

Promotor: H.J.A. Röttgering, Co-promotor: G.K. Miley

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, A. Plaat, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

A novel mathematical model describes spatial-temporal drug distribution within one or more brain units, which are cubic representations of a piece of brain tissue with brain capillaries at the edges.