2,286 search results for “archaeology” in the Public website
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LUCIS - Centre for the Study of Islam and Society
LUCIS promotes high-quality research on Islam and Muslim societies and actively communicates the insights and findings of that research to the larger public.
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Weneya´a – “quien habla con los cerros”
This study documents and translates the Saa (Zapotec) cultural heritage of the Bene’ Ya’a/En’ne I’ya peoples, the Zapotec inhabitants of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca.
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The rise of a capital: on the development of al-Fusṭāṭ‘s relationship with its hinterland, 18/639-132/750
This thesis studies the relationship of the town al-Fusṭāṭ, located at the southern end of the Nile delta in Egypt, and its hinterland in the period between the town’s foundation in A.D. 641 and the arrival of the Abbasids in 750.
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Mental Fitness and University Doctor
Fitness is more than physical health alone. An equally important aspect of our general well-being is mental fitness. Mental fitness refers to the fitness of the mind. During your PhD research, there might be periods in which you feel insecure or down. It is essential to take good care of yourself. Don’t…
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The Merovingian cemeteries of Sittard-Kemperkoul, Obbicht-Oude Molen and Stein-Groote Bongerd
A number of scholars joint forces to analyse and re-analyse a number of Merovingian cemeteries and publish the results in the series Merovingian Archaeology in the Low Countries published by Habelt Verlag in Bonn (Germany). We call it the ANASTASIS project. This is the third volume in which the data…
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The First Horse Herders and the Impact of Early Bronze Age Steppe Expansions into Asia
The article investigates the origins of Indo-European languages in Asia by 65 coupling ancient genomics to archaeology and linguistics.
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Staging the Archive: Art and Photography in the Age of New Media
Staging the Archive: Art and Photography in the Age of New Media is dedicated to art practices that mobilize the model of the archive, demonstrating the ways in which such archival artworks probe the possibilities of what art is and what it can do.
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Library
The NVIC library is a public, academic reference library. Entrance is free—no membership needed—and offers access to our book collection and two reading rooms, which have a WiFi connection. It is not possible to borrow books from our library.
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The sensual experience of wonder and enchantment
How do we experience sensual wonder and enchantment and to what extent can (early) modern imagination-techniques be implemented to create an artwork and performance, which offer a sensory and novel experience.
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Centre for Indigenous Americas Studies
The Centre for Indigenous America Studies (CIAS) at Leiden University is designed to coordinate and promote the teaching and research of Indigenous languages, literatures, cultures and cultural heritage.
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Past events
Calendar of Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Arabia.
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Extra-curricular
Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.
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LUF International Study Fund (LISF)
Bachelor, Master
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Prepare for your studies
You’ve been accepted! Leiden University looks forward to welcoming you as a new student. Your next step is to prepare for your studies. Below you can find some tips to help you get a head start as you embark on your studies at Leiden University.
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Prepare for your studies
You’ve been accepted! Leiden University looks forward to welcoming you as a new student. Your next step is to prepare for your studies. Below you can find some tips to help you get a head start as you embark on your studies at Leiden University.
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Extra-curricular
Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.
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Prepare for your studies
You’ve been accepted! Leiden University looks forward to welcoming you as a new student. Your next step is to prepare for your studies. Below you can find some tips to help you get a head start as you embark on your studies at Leiden University.
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Reuvens
Reuvensplaats 2-4, Leiden
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Sallie Mae Student Loans
Bachelor, Master, Short Course, PhD
- Linguistics
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Prepare for your studies
You’ve been accepted! Leiden University looks forward to welcoming you as a new student. Your next step is to prepare for your studies. Below you can find some tips to help you get a head start as you embark on your studies at Leiden University.
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Extra-curricular
Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.
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The Evolution of Human Diet, Health and Lifestyle
Research into the evolutionary backgrounds of our diets can help us make the right choices in diet, health and lifestyle.
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Leiden University Fund - Lutfia Rabbani Scholarship Fund
Master
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From standard pots to potters' standards
An integrated approach to ceramic standardization and change in Archaic Satricum (6th–4th century BC)
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Extra-curricular
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Apply for new diploma
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- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Living and dying on the Roman Frontier and beyond (LIMES XXV volume 3)
Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 3
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Current Approaches to Roman Frontiers (LIMES XXV volume 1)
Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 1
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Language as a time machine
By studying language you can reconstruct the history of different communities, even when no other historical sources, such as written documents, are available. In the coming years, researchers Willem Adelaar and Marian Klamer will be carrying out this kind of reconstruction in areas of great linguistic…
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Respiratory health and disease in the Netherlands
Studying the impact of urbanisation on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations (1200-1850 CE).
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Hall of Fame 2023
In 2023, many of our students and staff won great prizes and secured important research grants.
- Week 2: 13-19 January 2019
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Application procedure
Every student who wants to apply for the bachelor’s programme Archaeology at Leiden University will need to start at Studielink. The application procedure consists of three steps.
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Application procedure
Every student who wants to apply for the bachelor’s programme Archaeology at Leiden University will need to start at Studielink. The application procedure consists of three steps.
- Week 6: 10-16 February 2019
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Layers of dental tartar
Bacteria in the teeth tell us a lot about nutrition and disease in our ancestors. It also tells us more about the immune system. This provides clues for treating modern diseases and allergies. For a long time archaeologists were irritated by tartar on the teeth of excavated skulls. They thought that…
- Week 6-7 (15-26 February)
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More than the Story
Considering Mesoamerican Precolonial books as material objects
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PhD candidates in their own words
The Data Science Research Programme at Leiden University combines data science with PhD projects in a wide range of disciplines. The programme has been running for over two years, and is producing the first astonishing results. A number of PhD candidates talk about their experiences and research bel…
- Week 7-8: 17-26 February 2019
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Time and Identity in Indigenous Narrative and Aesthetic Strategies
This research hopes to contribute to social awareness of the consequences of colonialism for Indigenous Peoples, to the deconstruction of still existing colonial and discriminatory notions and to a better appreciation of Indigenous art and thought.
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Disseminating the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples
Together with members of indigenous communities Leiden researchers preserve and disseminate philosophical, historical and medical knowledge.
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LEAF
Leiden University encourages all its laboratories to obtain LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) accreditation.
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Cities in the Greek World
Whereas when we started the first Project the chief aim was pure research, to find out more about the past in a region, now we see that the countries of Europe are faced with the great problem that there are far too many archaeological sites for them to deal with by excavation, but yet some kind of…
- Week 5: 4-10 February 2018
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The Transformation of the Roman World
One of the three long-term research interests of our group concerns the Transformation of the Roman World (c AD 450-900).