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In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the third video of this series, archaeology student Meike spoke with Physics student David in the Leiden Plantsoen.

You are invited to submit an abstract for a paper or poster on any aspect of computer applications or quantitative methods in archaeology for CAA2023 in Amsterdam. Abstracts for papers should be submitted to a specific session. See the Call for Papers website for more information. Deadline is…

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Always been curious about who your teachers, colleagues, TA’s and student representatives are? Where are they from, what do they do and why do they do it? Exactly this is what the Van Steenis Podcasts tries to figure out! Together with an ‘expert’ from the L.A.S. Terra board, Archaeology student Daily…

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Information on BA thesis by Dr Roos van Oosten, & 3 fresh BA Archaeology graduates. The panel is there to answer all your questions and to share their tips what to do and what not to do. Please note, the BA ceremony will start 15.30. This is for graduates and their invitees…

Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Gabriël hung a huge board covered in post-it reminders behind his laptop, Molly was glad that the members of the selection committee…

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In a recent article published on PLOS, Drs. Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History discuss the top 13 discoveries in human evolution in 2023.

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When is the last time you made a fire? Not light a candle with a match, but an actual fire from scratch. Thousands of years ago, humans already made fire. Archaeologist Andrew Sorensen (Leiden University) explains when and how they did this.

It is the eighth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University Rankings by Subject looks at criteria like academic reputation and citation ratios.

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In 2011, Dr. Amanda Henry published her findings from dental plaque picked from the teeth of Neanderthals who were buried in Iran and Belgium between 46,000 and 40,000 years ago. Plant microfossils trapped and preserved in the hardened plaque showed that they were cooking and eating starchy foods including…

When and how commenced the use of fire by early humans? Armed with stones, peat moss, and fungi, archaeologist Andy Sorensen tries to answer that question. In the February edition of the Dutch language version of National Geographic Magazine his research features in the section The Discovery.

Another year's end draws near. And what a year it has been! On December 12th staff and students of the Faculty of Archaeology came together to celebrate and reminisce. Professor Joanita Vroom got us in a festive mood by telling tales of Byzantine banquets, while a chef served historical dishes to sa…

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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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You may already have seen him in the corridors. Starting last week, Jan Pronk has been meeting his new colleagues in the Van Steenis building. Until March 22nd Jan Pronk will be introduced to the Faculty by departing Executive Director Niels Laurens. Read more about Jan Pronk.

With the coronavirus situation under control, the option of making exams online will no longer be provided from block 4 onwards. In case you miss your exam due to illness you may go for the resit. If necessary you may apply for a second resit via the Board of Examiners.

In 2018 the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) was launched in the UK. The aim of this programme was to help laboratories work more sustainably and efficiently. The initiative got a Dutch spin-off in 2021. Since then, a couple of the laboratories at the Leiden Faculty of Science have…

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The question of land property titles is a common source of conflict between indigenous communities and federal authorities all over the Americas. A new Panamanian law have led indigenous communities to reach out to archaeologist Dr Natalia Donner. A grant from the Centre for Indigenous American Studies…

All first-year Bachelor's students are registered by the Education Administration for courses in semester 2. However, they do have to confirm their exams and resits. The Education Administration will register students with a failed exam for resits, which the student must confirm in MyStudymap.…

In July 2022 our alumnus Samatar Botan received the news that he had received the NWO Mosaic 2.0 grant. This grant enables him to start a PhD research at our Faculty on the ancient Aksumite Empire, a topic that is close to his heart. We speak with him about his ambitions and drive. ‘I want to know more…

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With Bleda Düring’s term completed, the roles within the Faculty Board are being shuffled. Now that Dean Jan Kolen also operates as Coordinator for the research programme Artificial Intelligence, two board members have been contracted to fulfil the portfolios in Education and Research. Dr Alex Geurds…

Here you can find some examples of previous projects and output.

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Banquets for the rich, porridge for the poor and a standard diet of bread, olive oil and wine. Just a few assumptions about the Roman diet.

Fake news a new phenomenon? Not according to Rens Tacoma and Indira Huliselan. In an NWO project, the associate professor and PhD student will delve into the twisting, scheming and tampering with facts that went on thousands of years ago.