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Looking for the earliest European home with an ERC Consolidator Grant14 February 2024During the Late Pleistocene, Europe was a cold and unforgiving place to live. Even so, groups of early modern humans roamed around, just like their Ne...
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Developing methods on remote sensing detection of archaeological features in Colombia with LDE grant18 January 2024A Leiden-Delft-Erasmus research team has been awarded a LDE Global Support Grant to develop reusable algorithms in the remote detection of non-orthogo...
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Leiden archaeologist investigates washed up plastics with National Geographic grant20 December 2023Roberto Arciero is part of RESPIRE project (Research Educational and Storytelling Project in Italian Remote Ecosystem), an international and interdisc...
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Archaeology Hall of Fame 202314 December 2023Special achievements, grants and a top 10 ranking, a great calendar year for the Faculty of Archaeology! See the overview of 2023 in the hall of fame...
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Grant enables archaeologists to study origins of museum artefacts13 December 2023Two researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology have received a grant from the Museums, Collections and Society (MSC) interdisciplinary programme. Thi...
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Investigating obsidian sources in Honduras with a Corrie Bakels Grant13 November 2023Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like material, is often used for making tools by Mesoamerican societies. In Honduras, certain obsidian artefacts do not yet...
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ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers05 September 2023Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their resear...
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Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant04 September 2023All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image...
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Investigating Caribbean migrations with a Vidi grant: ‘With isotope analysis we can look at individual behaviors and long term patterns’03 July 2023Archaeologist Jason Laffoon was awarded an NWO Vidi grant for an innovative investigation into ancient migrations in the western Caribbean. The innova...
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Byvanck Professor Caroline Vout wins London Hellenic Prize for 2022 book21 June 2023This year's London Hellenic Prize is awarded to Caroline Vout for her excellent study of representations of the human body in sculpture, Exposed: The ...
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Vincent Niochet investigates intercultural connectivity in the deep past with an NWO PhDs in the Humanities grant20 June 2023For already two years, Vincent Niochet has been affiliated with the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology as an external PhD candidate. Now, he has been award...
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Archaeologist Mink van IJzendoorn receives LUF grant to investigate late amphorae19 June 2023Amphorae are usually associated with the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. ‘Yet, in some cases, such as Byzantium, amphorae existed for c...
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Lennart Kruijer wins Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize with thesis on ancient Commagene09 June 2023The prestigious Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize is annually awarded to the five best dissertations published in the year before in the fields o...
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DEN Award for Streaming the Past project: 'A truly innovative way to engage with new audiences'06 June 2023Back in 2021, the project Streaming the Past, an NWA funded project ran by Leiden University and the VALUE Foundation, launched to take a young audien...
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Doggerland shortlisted for the annual EAA Book Prize31 May 2023The popular-science book 'Doggerland. Lost World under the North Sea' has been nominated for the EAA Book Prize 2023, awarded annually by the European...