499 search results for “paleolithicum archaeology” in the Staff website
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Anastasia ZhangFaculty of Archaeology
c.zhang@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Contested heritage in The Hague: what to do with the remains of the Atlantik Wall?
During World War II, the Nazi’s ordered a coastal defensive line to be built from the south of France to Norway. This Atlantik Wall aimed to defend their territories in continental Europe from an Allied naval invasion. The defensive line went right through the Dutch city of The Hague. The material remains…
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Graduation Ceremony (R)MA Archaeology
Graduation Ceremony
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Archaeologist Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart wins the IALA dissertation award for his doctoral thesis
‘I was very happy and honoured that my thesis was recognised as a valuable contribution to the topic of landscape archaeology.’
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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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Archaeologists of the future dig for traces of the past
Forty archaeology students are holding a shovel somewhat awkwardly in the fields at Oss. This is their first day of fieldwork and they are going to use muscles they didn’t even know they had.
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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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One language = one archaeological culture? Peruvian evidence for a richer interface between language and archaeology
Lecture, Language and the Human Past
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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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Archaeology in the Dealer’s Archive
Lecture, Faculty 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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Archaeological Forum: Gül Aktürk en Murat Dirican
Lecture
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Archaeologist Lennart Kruijer's year: a Cum Laude dissertation, a grant, a fellowship
In May 2022 Lennart Kruijer succesfully defended his PhD, which he wrote as a member of the VICI Project ‘Innovating Objects’, led by prof. Miguel John Versluys. So succesfully, in fact, that he was awarded the Cum Laude honors. Just a short time later he was awarded a grant and a fellowship to further…
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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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Leiden Archaeology Network and Career Event
Study information, Network and Career Event
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Anouk RoggemaFaculty of Archaeology
a.f.roggema@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Johan VerweijFaculty of Archaeology
j.a.verweij@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273559
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Margot HogewoningFaculty of Archaeology
m.h.hogewoning@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jasper KanbierFaculty of Archaeology
j.w.kanbier@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Vincent WoltersFaculty of Archaeology
v.p.wolters@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272045
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Yvonne van Eijk-van VeenFaculty of Archaeology
y.van.eijk@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272411
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Linda RelijveldFaculty of Archaeology
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Karien WentinkFaculty of Archaeology
k.wentink@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276571
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Lidwien MeulenkampFaculty of Archaeology
l.e.meulenkamp@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Caroline HagedoornFaculty of Archaeology
c.c.e.hagedoorn@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272439
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Jeroen de BrieFaculty of Archaeology
j.s.de.brie@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marten Jesse PotFaculty of Archaeology
m.j.pot@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272685
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Jan PronkFaculty of Archaeology
j.l.j.pronk@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274199
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Hanne BerginkFaculty of Archaeology
h.bergink@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Venelin KolevFaculty of Archaeology
v.s.kolev@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marjet de RuyterFaculty of Archaeology
m.h.de.ruyter@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272384
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Laura YoussefFaculty of Archaeology
l.youssef@arch.leidenuniv.nl |
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Kees VarkevisserFaculty of Archaeology
k.varkevisser@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 31 0 71 527 3500
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Raymond CorbeyFaculty of Archaeology
r.h.a.corbey@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Cora Tabea LederFaculty of Archaeology
c.t.leder@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Alexandra TutwilerFaculty of Archaeology
a.a.tutwiler@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Caroline Fernandes CaromanoFaculty of Humanities
c.fernandes.caromano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Emma DevereuxFaculty of Archaeology
e.j.devereux@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Wei Ping YoungFaculty of Archaeology
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The paleo diet: Is it what our ancestors really ate?
The paleo diet: eating like people in the Stone Age did, because it is supposed to be healthier. But how accurate are the recipes in this diet?
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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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Archaeological Forum: Aris Politopoulos and Dennis Braekmans
Lecture
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Archaeological Forum: Nathalie Brusgaard and Martin Berger
Lecture
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Archaeological Forum: Wei Chu and Jennifer Swerida
Lecture
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Ground Truths: Ethical Dilemmas in Archaeology
Debate, Lunch discussion
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Student exhibition: unearthing the story of the VOC ship Amsterdam
A new student-curated exhibition in the F1-corridor of the Van Steenis building brings history to life through remarkable finds from the Amsterdam, a merchant vessel of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) that met an untimely end in 1749. 'The story of the Amsterdam is truly unique, especially considering…
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Archaeologist Tom Hazenberg seeks the frontiers of the Roman Empire
From Roman ships to the ‘Gordon’ cavalry mask. Alumnus Tom Hazenberg was involved in spectacular finds that put the Dutch frontiers of the Roman Empire on the map. His mission is to give heritage back to the people.
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Leiden archaeologist investigates washed up plastics with National Geographic grant
Roberto Arciero is part of RESPIRE project (Research Educational and Storytelling Project in Italian Remote Ecosystem), an international and interdisciplinary research team led by Martina Capriotti (University of Camerino) that received the National Geographic Meridian grant. Among the different topics,…