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Amanda Henry’s Leiden Experience: ‘I want to know why our ancestors made certain choices’ 03 May 2019Two years ago, Amanda Henry joined the Faculty of Archaeology’s Archaeological Sciences department. She investigates diet and human evolution, with a ...
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Sword fighting in the name of science 03 May 2019Archaeologists from Leiden University cast replicas of Bronze Age European swords and used them in simulated fights. They wanted to find out more abou...
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800 year old mystery of ancient bone disease solved 30 April 2019Scientific research at the molecular level on a collection of medieval skeletons from Norton Priory in Cheshire, United Kingdom, could help rewrite hi...
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LUF Grant for Natalia Donner for archaeological research at Darien Gap 18 April 2019Archaeologist Natalia Donner has been awarded a grant of €5,000 from the Bakels Fonds for her research Bridging the Gap: a historical ecological appro...
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Daily grind: the biography of a stone axe 18 April 2019Tom Breukel analysed some 250 stone axes from the Caribbean and reconstructed their biographies. This increases our knowledge of production and trade ...
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Podcast: A plunge into the cesspits of Leiden 15 April 2019Archaeologist Roos van Oosten is studying Leiden's medieval cesspits. And on the basis of her work she reaches a surprising conclusion: the Middle Age...
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Anita Casarotto receives LUF grant for unlocking Mediterranean legacy survey data 12 April 2019Mediterranean archaeologist Dr Anita Casarotto has been awarded a grant of € 5,800 from the Byvanck Fonds for her research on unlocking important data...
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‘Archaeology is rooting around between the artefact and the person’ 08 April 2019‘Archeologists don’t dig up explanations, let alone certainties,’ says Joanita Vroom, Professor of Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia. ‘...
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Tymon de Haas receives LUF grant for research on the ecological impact of Roman expansion 04 April 2019Through the Byvanck Fund, Classical Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas has received a grant of €6,350 for his research on the ecological impact...
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How a very international archaeologist was born 03 April 2019From mandrill teeth to the microstructure of bones: archaeology alumna Simone Lemmers (31) is determined to reveal the past by studying old remains. H...
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Free symposium reveals surprising uses of AI 26 March 2019Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help humans in many different ways: from customised medicine and self-driving cars to preserving our cultural heritag...
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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal 21 March 2019Great things are expected of Young Academy Leiden. The first 13 members of this society for young researchers will provide the Executive Board with fr...
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‘Heritage decisions limit our ability to imagine alternative forms of society’ 19 March 2019It is difficult to imagine a society other than a hierarchical nation-state. This is in part because we neglect alternative forms from the past, argue...
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Master’s Open Day: ‘I’ve mainly come to ask a lot of questions’ 18 March 2019It was a soggy Friday, but the visitors to the Master's Open Day were made of sterner stuff. Bachelor's students from all around the world defied the ...
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Genner Llanes-Ortiz’s Leiden Experience: ‘Indigenous stories contain knowledge from deep past’ 14 March 2019Back in 2016, Genner Llanes-Ortiz joined the Faculty of Archaeology as an assistant professor in the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples research group. Ge...