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Archaeology should have local use and lead to more sustainability 05 November 2013
Leiden heritage expert Sjoerd van der Linde is carrying out research on the heritage of the Caribbean region. This research forms part of the internat...
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Exhibition: Unity and Diversity in the Amerindian Caribbean 10 October 2013
The exhibition Unity and Diversity in the Amerindian Caribbean: The El Cabo San Rafael Archaeological Site has been officially opened by Prof. dr. Cor...
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KNAW Merian Prize awarded to Corinne Hofman, archaeologist of the Caribbean 19 September 2013
Corinne Hofman, Leiden Professor of the Archaeology of the Caribbean Region has been awarded the 2013 KNAW Merian Prize for women in science. Her aim ...
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Minister Plasterk opens exhibition on the work of Corinne Hofman and Menno Hoogland on Saba 24 January 2013
During his visit to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, Minister Ronald Plasterk (Home Affairs) on Thursday, January 24, 2013 performed the official op...
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2012 Spectacular finds Fieldschool 2012 Anse Trabaud 01 August 2012
In June and July 2012 a Leiden Fieldschool was conducted at the late pre-Columbian site of Anse Trabaud in southeastern Martinique. High levels of pre...
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2012 Fulbright Scholarship for Peter Siegel 01 February 2012
Dr Peter Siegel, Associate Professor in Anthropology from Montclair State University, New York, has obtained a Fulbright Scholarship to participate in...
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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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2010 Leiden University cooperation with SIMARC 19 May 2010
As a cooperation between the St. Maarten Archaeological Center (SIMARC) and Leiden University in the Netherlands, graduate student Khristy Werleman of...