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Aitor Burguet-Coca studied fire-use from Palaeolithic to Bronze Age: ‘This gives us an image on different uses of fire across prehistory’
For the following years, Dr Aitor Burguet-Coca will be a returning face at the Faculty of Archaeology. He will join Dr Amanda Henry’s team with his expertise on prehistoric fire use and the methodologies that studying ancient hearths requires.
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Investigating obsidian sources in Honduras with a Corrie Bakels Grant
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like material, is often used for making tools by Mesoamerican societies. In Honduras, certain obsidian artefacts do not yet have a known provenance. PhD candidate Marie Kolbenstetter and Assistant Professor Dennis Braekmans were awarded a Corrie Bakels Grant to explore thus…
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Citizen scientists discover more than 1,000 new burial mounds
Over the past few years, citizen scientists from the Heritage Quest project have scoured the entire Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas for unknown archaeological heritage. One of the results of this research is that the number of known burial mounds in this area has doubled.
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Archaeologist Nathalie Brusgaard investigates human-animal relations as Assistant Professor
Dr Nathalie Brusgaard both studied and finished her PhD at the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden. After a few years spreading her wings, she is now back. As the new Assistant Professor in the World Archaeology department, she will continue her research on the relationship between prehistoric humans and…
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Corrie BakelsFaculty of Archaeology
c.c.bakels@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272393
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Jan KolenFaculty of Archaeology
j.c.a.kolen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1284
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Maia CasnaFaculty of Archaeology
m.casna@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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SAVE THE DATE: Open Science Week 2024 at the Faculty of Archaeology
Festival
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High diversity in lifeways among early Caribbean inhabitants
The first settlers of the Caribbean have long been regarded as bands of highly mobile groups who subsisted exclusively by hunting, gathering, and fishing. In recent years, however, there has been increasing evidence for the cultivation of domesticated plants by early groups and a lower degree of mobility…
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Leiden archaeologists contribute to unique Iron Age exhibition in Oss
Museum Jan Cunen in Oss presents the very first retrospective exhibition of the richest graves from the early Iron Age (800-500 BC), including the one of the iconic Lord of Oss. Leiden archaeologist Richard Jansen was guest curator and the exhibition tells the story of the funeral rituals of the local…
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Counter-Curse: A Comparative Conference in Philology, Linguistics & Archaeology
Conference
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Towards a community-based heritage in the Caribbean: Challenges and practices
Symposium
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Hard chews: why mastication played a crucial role in evolution
We do it every day but barely give it a thought: chewing our food. But the ‘simple’ process of masticating food may have played a crucial role in the evolution of our jaws, facial muscles and teeth.
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Harry BerghuisFaculty of Archaeology
h.w.k.berghuis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Carol van Driel-MurrayFaculty of Archaeology
c.van.driel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sebastian Fajardo BernalFaculty of Science
s.d.fajardo.bernal@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
k.r.bellamy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273983
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Experimental Days
Festival
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Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculty of Archaeology
m.francozo@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2437
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Rachel SchatsFaculty of Archaeology
r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1925
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Sarah SchraderFaculty of Archaeology
s.a.schrader@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1685
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Cracking the 3D Paradata Puzzle
Lecture, Digital Archaeology Group
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Exposed: interdisciplinary approaches to the Greek and Roman body
Conference
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture
In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, challenges the long-held belief that early humans had minimal impact on their environment before the rise of farming.
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Karahantepe: A New Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site in Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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The study of ancient cities provides us with new urban ideas
Lecture
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Martin BergerFaculty of Archaeology
m.e.berger@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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DUSANE: Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East 2023
Symposium
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Flexible Relations: Experimentation and Innovation in Human-Environmental Links Across the Americas
Conference, RITMO Annual Meeting
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Trends in museums: ‘A lot of museums have a dormant collection of pre-colonial art’
What effect do trends in the art world have on the formation of museum collections? University lecturer Martin Berger wants to answer that question in his research within the Museums, Collections and Society project, which asks ethical questions about the origin of collections.
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2024 Congress of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores
Congress
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DAG Lecture: A Semantic ETL Pipeline for Large-Scale Provenance Research
Lecture
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The impact of climate change on groups of people
The socio-economic effects of climate change often do not receive enough attention. At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) a group of researchers will provide more insight. How does climate change affect whether people work together or conversely end up as opponents? And what can we learn from societies…
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Book launch “Style en Society in the Prehistory of West Asia – Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse”
Conference, Book launch
- Materialising Prehistoric Societies in Western Asia
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Exposure Time: the moving body of art
Lecture
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Jebel Aruda: an Uruk Period Temple and Settlement in Syria
Book Presentation
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2579
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Profiling Objects, Finding Identities?
Lecture, Material Culture Talk
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Caribbean Ties. Connected people, then and now
Exhibition
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Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives
Conference
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Cultural continuities and discontinuities: the Neolithic ornament assemblages from Franchthi (Greece)
Lecture
- Palloures Winter Symposium
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Connect & Open Up: Evolution of a researcher's data management practices: from data hazard to data steward
Webinar
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Water Legacy: Mayan world meets the Netherlands
Lecture, Faculty Lecture and Photo Exposition
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Looking inside the tent: questions for deep history
Lecture
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The Interactive Pasts Conference 4
Conference
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History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Centre for Digital Scholarship Summer Training Week
Seminars, workshops