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Unique carbon-14 measurements published in Science 31 October 2012
The distinguished academic journal Science published an article about an important and extensive series of measurements made by the Centre for Isotope...
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EUROTAST Press Release 01 December 2011
The transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries represents one of the most traumatic chapters in history and is now widely recognise...
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New project on the last Ice Age 02 November 2011
The Australian Research Council funded a truly ‘global archaeology’ project comparing the archaeologies of southwest Tasmania and southwest France dur...
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Hunter-gatherer toolkits and tasks: detecting microwear traces and residues on Northwestern European Mesolithic artefac 21 January 2011
Prof.dr. Annelou van Gijn has obtained a Marie Curie subsidy for research on wetland activity patterns in Mesolithic Northwest Europe. This funding ha...
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2010 Pilot excavation in Iraqi Kurdistan 23 February 2010
The Netherlands organisation for Scientific Research NWO has granted a subsidy to prof. dr Wilfred H. van Soldt (Humanities, LIAS) and dr Diederik J.W...
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Wil Roebroeks wins Spinoza Prize 04 June 2007
The Leiden archaeologist Wil Roebroeks has been awarded the Spinoza prize for his original observations about early hominins and the development of hu...