14 search results for “bronze age” in the Staff website
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Archaeologist Valerio Gentile investigates Bronze Age spear combat
How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spear fighting? A research team from Leiden and Göttingen University present a new approach to answering these questions: they simulated the actual fight…
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archaeologists in international media on early form of money in the Bronze Age
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa in a PLOS ONE article published on 20 January. The discovery led to a surge of media reports.
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Jingjing CaoFaculty of Archaeology
j.cao@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Leah PowellFaculty of Archaeology
l.r.powell@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Chen WangFaculty of Archaeology
c.wang@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Riia TimonenFaculty of Archaeology
r.e.timonen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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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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Maikel KuijpersFaculty of Archaeology
m.h.g.kuijpers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2386
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Harry FokkensFaculty of Archaeology
h.fokkens@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Valentina AzzaràFaculty of Archaeology
v.m.azzara@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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ancient matriarchs challenge technological disparities in the digital age
At the transition of the Neolithic to Bronze Age, a societal clash took place between a male dominated oligarchy (also known as the patriarchy) and the matriarchy. The latter managed to exploit vulnerabilities in the 'bro-code' to reboot society's operating system.
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Lasse van den DikkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
l.van.den.dikkenberg@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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International students explore the archaeology of Oss: ‘I was responsible for finding 50% of the pottery sherds’
The Municipality of Oss is a household name in the world of Dutch archaeology. For fifty years, Leiden archaeologists, in collaboration with residents of Oss, have been uncovering the history of the municipality. 2024 is the archaeological year of Oss! In a series of interviews we look back on fifty…
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Archaeological Forum: Wei Chu and Jennifer Swerida
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