2,111 search results for “archaeology” in the Public website
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The Ambassador of the Dominican Republic visits the Faculty of Archaeology
Monday 6 February the Faculty of Archaeology had the honour to receive the e Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, H.E. Dr. Juan Bautista Durán. The motive of the visit was to discuss the collaboration between the university and the Dominican Government after the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding…
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Canonisation as Innovation
Anchoring Cultural Formation in the First Millennium BCE
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Traces on tropical tools
A functional study of chert artefacts from preceramic sites in Colombia (2002)
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Times fade away
The neolithization of the southern Netherlands in an antropological and geographical perspective
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The Articulation of a 'New Neolithic'
The meaning of the Swifterbant Culture for the process of neolithisation in the western part of the North European Plain (4900-3400 BC)
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Martina Revello Lami
Faculteit Archeologie
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Marie Kolbenstetter will explore the archaeology of southern Honduras with a NWO subsidy
Our master’s alumna Marie Kolbenstetter was recently awarded a NWO subsidy for a PhD in the Humanities. With this funding she will be able to continue her master’s thesis research on the archaeology of Honduras at our Faculty. ‘I’m really happy to have my own project. This has been two years in the…
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Archaeology alumna Matilda Sebire wins Janneke Fruin-Helb Scholarship 2017
On Friday 10 November 2017 the annual Janneke Fruin-Helb Scholarship was awarded to alumna Matilda Sebire. She graduated in the master's specialisation in Material Culture Studies.
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From the Colossal to the Microscopic: exhibition on archaeological sciences in Van Steenis
Scientific methods and techniques have been employed in archaeological research since the very birth of the discipline. It is impossible to imagine modern archaeology without this expertise in archaeological sciences. These archaeological sciences take centre stage in the new temporal exhibition at…
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Indigenous adornment in the circum-Caribbean
The production, use, and exchange of bodily ornaments through the lenses of the microscope
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Grave Reminders
Comparing Mycenaean tomb building with labour and memory
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D-lightful Sunshine Disrupted
This study stresses the importance of investigating vitamin D deficiency in every community to better understand the deteriorating effect that sociocultural practices may have had on health.
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Inspirational practices in cultural heritage management: fostering social responsibility
This catalogue is the result of the EU_CUL project (2018-2021), which explores the use of cultural heritage in Europe for fostering academic teaching and social responsibility in higher education.
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Sowing the seed ?
Human impact and plant subsistence in Dutch wetlands during the Late Mesolithic and Early and Middle Neolithic (5500-3400 cal BC)
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Labouring with large stones
A study into the investment and impact of construction projects on Mycenaean communities in Late Bronze Age Greece
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Architectural terracottas from Akragas
Archaic and Classical architectural terracottas constituted an integral part of the architecture of monumental buildings at Akragas. These objects therefore provide unique insights into the built environment of sanctuaries at this important Greek colony in Sicily. This research's multi-disciplinary…
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Gli artigiani e la città
Over the last decades, the systematic investigation of urban settlements in Central-Tyrrhenian Italy led to the discovery of a growing number of contexts revealing both direct and indirect evidence of artisanal workshops. Such research commitment has yielded a vast amount of new data that greatly contribute…
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The Iseum Campense from the Roman Empire to the Modern Age. Temple - monument - lieu de mémoire
The Iseum Campense, the impressive sanctuary for Isis and the Egyptian gods on the Campus Martius and arguably one of ancient Rome’s most notable absent presences, is a monument central to various debates.
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Memory Contested, Locality Transformed
Representing Japanese Colonial 'Heritage' in Taiwan
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Heritage, landscape and spatial justice: new legal perspectives on heritage protection in the Lesser Antilles
This dissertation presents a legal geographical analysis of the heritage laws of the independent English-speaking islands of the Lesser Antilles.
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De eerste mensen in de Lage Landen
Nederland ligt in de periferie van het verhaal van menswording. De evolutie van onze familie vindt lang exclusief in Afrika plaats. En, als Europa eenmaal bewoond wordt door mensachtigen, ligt het zwaartepunt ten zuiden van onze streken. Toch heeft ons land een aantal interessante vindplaatsen en vondsten…
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NWO subsidy for archaeological search engine: ‘There is no physical digging involved!’
When you want to analyse big quantities of archaeological data, you run into the issue that searching through excavation reports is extremely time-consuming. If only there existed a search engine specifically focused on querying these reports… But wait, work on an archaeological search engine focused…
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition
Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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for science communication: ‘We want to change the public image of archaeology’
A diverse team of Leiden archaeologists applied for, and was awarded, the KNAW ‘Appreciated!’ grant, meant to further their science communication endeavours. We speak with Dr Maikel Kuijpers, who is the main contact person of the application.
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Meet archaeologist Tuna Kalayci: ‘How can we integrate robots into archaeology?’
In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a large part unnoticed. In a series of interviews we are catching up, giving the floor to our new colleagues. We kick off with Dr Tuna Kalayci, who joined…
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Make it and Break it: the cycle of pottery
A study of the technology, form, function, and use of pottery from the settlements Uitgeest-Groot Dorregeest and Schagen-Muggenburg 1, Roman Period, North-Holland, the Netherlands
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Throwback to the Archaeological Field School of 2022: ‘Excavating is very rewarding’
Back in June, the annual Leiden Archaeology Field School took place in Oss. For a month, every week, a group of 25 first year students gets to learn the ins and outs of a professional excavation. This is what they have been prepared for in the past year. ‘It is very exciting to put all the theory into…
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Eastern Frontiers
This volume considers the military architecture and its impact on local communities in Rome's eastern frontier, which stretched from the north-east shore of the Black Sea to the Red Sea.
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Adaptation strategies, water management and social changes: the case of Turkmenistan
The main question I want to answer is about the mutual influence between the cultural and settlements changes that occurred between the Bronze and the Early Iron Age in Margiana and the management of water resources.
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Starchy foodways: surveying indigenous botanical foods during the advent of European encounters in the northern and circum-Caribbean
How do the starchy botanical foodways reflect upon previous archaeological understandings in the northern and circum-Caribbean?
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Aris Politopoulos
Faculteit Archeologie
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LUF Grant for Natalia Donner for archaeological research at Darien Gap
Archaeologist Natalia Donner has been awarded a grant of €5,000 from the Bakels Fonds for her research Bridging the Gap: a historical ecological approach to human practices in the Darien Province, Panama. She will use this grant to conduct the first systematic archaeological survey in the region.
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Sweet Tooth | Zoetekauw
The journey of sugar from east to west
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Mobile peoples - permanent places
This dissertation is a study of archaeological remains left behind by nomadic communities in the Black Desert, situated in the northeast of modern Jordan.
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Virtual Neanderthals
This study presents an agent-based simulation model exploring the patterns of presence and absence of Late Pleistocene Neanderthals in western Europe.
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Oegstgeest. A riverine settlement in the early medieval world system
Generations of Leiden students and academics have done archaeological research into the early medieval history of Oegstgeest. This makes this old settlement one of the best-documented sites from that era. In a new book, Leiden researchers take stock.
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Shaping Cultural Landscapes
Connecting Agriculture, Crafts, Construction, Transport, and Resilience Strategies
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Hannah Plug
Faculteit Archeologie
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Viola Schmid
Faculteit Archeologie
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Leonardo Carmignani
Faculteit Archeologie
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Bouke van der Meer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Femke Reidsma
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jimmy Mans
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jeroen Oosterbaan
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jingjing Cao
Faculteit Archeologie
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Igor Djakovic
Faculteit Archeologie
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Veronica Tamorri
Faculteit Archeologie
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Richard Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Nico Staring
Faculty of Humanities
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Weishuo Li
Faculteit Archeologie