2,064 search results for “archaeology of the near east” in the Staff website
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Looking for the earliest European home with an ERC Consolidator Grant
During the Late Pleistocene, Europe was a cold and unforgiving place to live. Even so, groups of early modern humans roamed around, just like their Neanderthal counterparts. It is unclear what kind of dwellings these people inhabited to shelter them against the elements, especially in regions without…
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Shaping the future with stories from the past
An archaeologist as a modern-day shaman. An unexpected comparison Professor by Special Appointment of Public Archaeology Luc Amkreutz will make in his inaugural lecture.
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University Sports Centre
During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the greens near the beach volleyball fields, next to the University Sports Centre.
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Snellius Laboratory
During an evacuation, we gather on the southeast side of the building on the Niels Bohrweg, near the bicycle shed.
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Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago
Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other researchers. Neanderthals used fire to keep the landscape open and thus had a big impact on their local environment.…
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Jacobine Melisj.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jean-Jacques Hublinj.j.hublin@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Archaeologist Martin Berger works on online FIFA exposition about origins of football
Martin Berger was asked by the FIFA Museum in Zürich to help develop an exposition on the origins of football. In line with his expertise, he worked on the part of the online exposition that was about the Mesoamerican ballgame.
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Jaap Hoff-JedamskiUniversity Facility Services
j.j.hoff@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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The Biblical Covenant and its Afterlife
Lecture
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
r.e.breuker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272921
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Coring among sheep: investigating a pasture's past
It is late June, and on a windy meadow north of Leiden known as the Vrouw Vennepolder a group of archaeology students just hit the last ice age. Considering this involves manually pushing a ground core to a depth of 10 meters, this is no small feat. Even so, the taking of ground samples in this, at…
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All-gender toilet Herta Mohr
Herta Mohr, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG, Leiden
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Research Data Management in Archaeology
Course, ARCHON Workshop
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
p.c.bisschop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272980
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Towards near-infrared light-activated combination chemotherapy
PhD defence
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Egyptian archaeologists deepen their expertise on human osteoarchaeology in Leiden
The Leiden Faculty of Archaeology is an institution of international renown. Frequently, researchers from other places of learning visit the faculty to broaden and deepen their own expertise. Currently, the Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology is hosting two scholars from Egypt, Samar Abudahab and…
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End of Year Event Archaeology
End of Year Event
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Rachael Hallr.a.hall@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Non-food vending machine Lecture Hall
Lecture Hall, Einsteinweg 57, 2333 CC, Leiden
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Non-food vending machine Snellius
Snellius, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA, Leiden
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Leiden archaeologists create open educational resources on agent-based modeling
The past two years, Laura van der Knaap and Professor Karsten Lambers worked on creating open teaching materials on agent-based modeling, funded by Erasmus+ and in collaboration with Danish, Irish and Dutch partners. Programming is an important skill involved in this, which is often seen as intimidating…
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Graduation Ceremony (R)MA Archaeology
Graduation Ceremony
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CML's Stans Award 2021
CML grants three Stans Awards each year, known as the best PhD paper, best student thesis and best outreach from the past year. The CML staff nominated students and colleagues and this year’s jury Prof.dr. Koos Biesmeijer and Prof.dr. Nicole de Voogd made the final decision.
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Archaeologist Alex Geurds becomes member of Society of Antiquaries: ‘It is an honor bestowed for life’
Dr Alex Geurds was elected as a Fellow for the Society of Antiquaries, a prestigious and old educational charity based in London. Established in 1707, the society aims at the encouragement and advancement of the study and knowledge of the antiquities.
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Research into grave goods sheds new light on traditional roles
New archaeological research into grave goods and skeletal material from the oldest grave field in the Netherlands shows that male-female roles 7,000 words ago were less traditional than was thought. The research was conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Archol, the National Museum…
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Leiden research on Neanderthals featured in the Wall Street Journal article
In the article “Neanderthals and Us: We’re More Alike Than Once Thought”, we are reminded that many negative traits, from unintelligent to unsophisticated, have long been attributed to Neanderthals in popular culture. However, recent studies bring to light an ever-increasing amount of evidence contradicting…
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Educational innovation at Humanities: 'Students are great initiators’
In the academic year 2018 - 2019, the Faculty of Humanities established the Educational Innovation Programme. In this way, the faculty wants to realise the ambitions from the educational vision of Leiden University in education. How is the programme currently doing? We talked to project manager Sanne…
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Sylvia The-McArthurAdministration and Central Services
s.j.m.the@bb.leidenuniv.nl |
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Remote sensing for Roman Mallorca with a Chastelain-Nobach fund
For the past 2 years, Dr Letty ten Harkel has been jointly running an excavation project of a suspected Roman villa site on the Balearic island of Mallorca with colleagues Dr Antoni Puig Palerm and Ritchie Kolvers, MA. The project was recently awarded a LUF Chastelain-Nobach fund to explore the extend…
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Archaeology in the Dealer’s Archive
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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Chinese Labor Migration to the Dutch East Indies
Lecture, China Seminar
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Niels SchoubbenFaculty of Humanities
n.schoubben@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272408
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Non-food vending machine Wijnhaven
Wijnhaven, Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP, The Hague
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Archaeological Forum: Gül Aktürk en Murat Dirican
Lecture
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Hilde WokerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.j.woker@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
l.b.lauret@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272772
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Thea CoventryFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.a.c.coventry@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Egbert FortuinFaculty of Humanities
e.fortuin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272075
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Freya BaetensFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
f.baetens@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anouk Roggemaa.f.roggema@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Margot Hogewoningm.h.hogewoning@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Karien Wentinkk.wentink@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276571
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Lidwien Meulenkampl.e.meulenkamp@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Caroline Hagedoornc.c.e.hagedoorn@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272439
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Jeroen de Brie
j.s.de.brie@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marten Jesse Potm.j.pot@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272685
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Jan Pronkj.l.j.pronk@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274199