961 search results for “asean and east mediterranean archaeology” in the Staff website
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Deniz TatFaculty of Humanities
d.tat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277100
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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.
- Graduation Ceremony MA Archaeology
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Postdoc Adam Benfer stewards big data in the study of Central America
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dr Adam Benfer, originally from the United States, occupies a double position as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds and as the Faculty’s Data Steward. ‘It is pretty much what the title says: I steward data. Essentially,…
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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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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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Archaeological Forum: Sarah Schrader and Alejandra Roche Recinos
Lecture
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Research Data Management in Archaeology
Course, ARCHON Workshop
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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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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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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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End of Year Event Archaeology
End of Year Event
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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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Graduation Ceremony (R)MA Archaeology
Graduation Ceremony
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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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Rachael Hallr.a.hall@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lydia van de Fliertl.l.van.de.fliert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Adrien Martineta.martinet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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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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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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Wouter HoflandFaculty of Humanities
w.g.hofland@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Albert Planelles OrozcoFaculty of Humanities
a.planelles.orozco@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272038
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Kiki FreriksFaculty of Humanities
k.r.freriks@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272258
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Jesse MillekFaculty of Humanities
j.m.millek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Georg Cyrus
Faculty of Humanities
g.c.cyrus@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Archaeological Forum: Gül Aktürk en Murat Dirican
Lecture
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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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Leiden Archaeology Network and Career Event
Study information, Network and Career Event
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Symposium: Japan between the East and the West
Symposium
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Ilan PeledFaculty of Humanities
i.peled@hum.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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Jasper Kanbierj.w.kanbier@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
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Hanne Berginkh.bergink@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Venelin Kolevv.s.kolev@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Archaeological Forum: Aris Politopoulos and Dennis Braekmans
Lecture