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The Ambassador of the Dominican Republic visits the Faculty of Archaeology 16 February 2023Monday 6 February the Faculty of Archaeology had the honour to receive the e Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, H.E. Dr. Juan Bautista Durán. The m...
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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants 02 February 2023Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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Citizen scientists discover more than 1,000 new burial mounds 24 January 2023Over the past few years, citizen scientists from the Heritage Quest project have scoured the entire Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas for unknown a...
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People used bearskins to keep warm 300,000 years ago 23 December 2022Cut marks on the bones of bears show that people in North-West Europe used bearskins to keep warm 300,000 years ago. Archaeologists believe that a met...
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Throwback to the panel discussion about the future of archaeology 22 December 2022As part of the celebrations around the 25th birthday of the Faculty of Archaeology, a panel discussion on the future of archaeology was organised on D...
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Robotics and AI in archaeological theory and practice 22 December 2022What can Robotics and AI bring to archaeological theory and practice? In return, how can archaeology contribute to the developments in robotics and AI...
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They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries 29 November 2022Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ...
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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history 24 November 2022It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural le...
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New technique makes it easier to determine how our ancestors used fire 02 November 2022The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ances...
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Archaeologist Mark Driessen’s book and project in royal spotlights 19 October 2022On September 28, 2022, dr.ir. Mark Driessen presented a publication about the ancient Roman frontier in Jordan. Venue for the book launch was the resi...
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Archaeologists come up with a more precise estimate for how long modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed 13 October 2022Modern humans and Neanderthals may have co-existed in France and Northern Spain for up to 2,900 years until the Neanderthals disappeared. This is what...
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The Botany Club goes abroad: excursion to the Eifel 15 September 2022The Botany Club, a group of enthusiastic archaeobotanists and -biologists, travelled to the Eifel in May 2022 for their annual excursion. The chosen d...
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Archival Photo Negative Collection: A Glimpse into the Past, Holding the Mirror to the Present 14 September 2022This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Archaeology which naturally leads to questions about its past. Part of the ans...
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Archaeologists in action: stories from the field 08 September 2022During the summer, staff and students of the Faculty of Archaeology travel to all parts of the world, initiating or joining fieldwork projects. Read s...
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Meet the Faculty's new Research Policy Adviser: Jimmy Mans 07 September 2022Following the retirement of Roswitha Manning, a vacancy arose at Faculty of Archaeology for the role of Research Policy Advisor. We found one in the p...