2,064 search results for “archaeology of the near east” in the Staff website
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Gerrit van der Kooijg.van.der.kooij@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Merel Brüningm.l.bruning@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 31646035639
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Diederik Meijerd.j.w.meijer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272444
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Jonathan Ouelletj.m.ouellet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Roberto ArcieroFaculty of Archaeology
r.arciero.1@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jennifer Sweridaj.l.swerida@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276048
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Victor Klinkenbergm.v.klinkenberg.3@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Peter Akkermansp.m.m.g.akkermans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sam Botans.a.botan@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bleda Düringb.s.during@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276449
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition
Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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Eric Olijdame.olijdam@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Monique Arntzm.arntz@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tracing mobility and connection to place in the world’s first farming villages
How did people move and form communities when human societies first shifted from hunting and gathering to farming? A new study of the Neolithic period in southwest Asia, the birthplace of agriculture, offers fresh insights.
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Burcu Yildirim
b.yildirim@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Preserving Syrian excavation data: ‘the documentation here in Leiden is the only thing that’s left’
The Faculty of Archaeology used to be involved in several excavations in Syria, before the outbreak of civil war made travel to the region impossible. One of these excavations is the one of tell Hammam al-Turkman, which started in 1981. Student Ruben Hartman, together with archaeologist Dr Diederik…
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Valentina Azzaràv.m.azzara@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Beyond borders: Toward an archaeology of Middle America
Inaugural lecture
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…
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Research by Leiden archaeologists in The Jordan Times
Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and archaeologically less known. Professor Peter Akkermans was interviewed about his groundbreaking research in this area, known as the Black Desert.
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Remembering Olivier Nieuwenhuyse with a festschrift: ‘He would have loved this book’
On November 16 a festschrift in honor of Dr Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was presented in a moving event at the Faculty of Archaeology. Professor Bleda Düring, a personal friend of Nieuwenhuyse, was one of the initiators. ‘If he had been here, he would have loved this book.’
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Meet archaeologist Tuna Kalayci: ‘How can we integrate robots into archaeology?’
In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a large part unnoticed. In a series of interviews we are catching up, giving the floor to our new colleagues. We kick off with Dr Tuna Kalayci, who joined…
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Carolien van ZoestFaculty of Humanities
c.van.zoest@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272036
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Investigating ancient irrigation tunnels with a remote controlled car
In ancient times, the desert in the Udhruh region in Jordan was transformed into a green oasis. An intricate network of underground water channels was part of an ancient system of water management, storing water and preventing loss through evaporation. Archaeologist Mark Driessen found a new way to…
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Book Landscapes of Survival sheds new light on the habitation of the Jordan deserts
December 2020 saw the crowning publication of the Landscapes of Survival project by Professor Peter Akkermans. Its main topic is human habitation in marginal environments like the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. ‘The people living here built their own society, and they would not have viewed it as…
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Alejandra Roche Recinosa.roche.recinos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271138
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Jorrit KelderFaculty of Humanities
j.m.kelder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Aris Politopoulosa.politopoulos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marlena Antczak-Mackowiakm.m.antczak@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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12,000 year old dice and what they tell us about the history of play
The Conversation published an article on the oldest dice authored by Aris Politoupolis, Angus Mol and Walter Crist. In this article they discuss how the oldest dice are d2's, or double sided dice comparable to a coin toss. These double sided dice are 12.000 years old and therefore much older then the…
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Katherinne Guerra Chevak.s.guerra.cheva@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Dita Auzinad.auzina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lexical and Phonological Reconstruction of Highland East Cushitic, including a Comparative East Cushitic Database
PhD defence
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Alexander Geurdsa.geurds@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272206
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Adam Benfera.k.benfer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Students bring ‘Archaeology of the Margins’ to centre stage at SOYA 2026
On 10 April, the Faculty of Archaeology will host the Symposium of Young Archaeologists (SOYA), a fully student organised conference dedicated to the theme Archaeology of the Margins.
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Jimmy Mansj.l.j.a.mans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272446
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272579
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Marie Kolbenstetterm.m.kolbenstetter@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Archaeological explorations in Jordan unveil traces of ancient caravan routes
Systematic aerial surveys carried out in Jordan’s Eastern Badia region since 1998 and about 10 years of simplified satellite image analysis have led to the discovery of multiple prehistoric sites, according to archaeologist Peter Akkermans. The Jordan Times interviewed him about the new insights.