2,376 search results for “archaeology of the near east” in the Staff website
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Jo-Hannah PlugFaculty of Archaeology
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Gerrit van der KooijFaculty of Archaeology
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Merel BrüningFaculty of Archaeology
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Diederik MeijerFaculty of Archaeology
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Maria HadjigavrielFaculty of Archaeology
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Roberto ArcieroFaculty of Archaeology
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Jonathan OuelletFaculty of Archaeology
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Tijm LanjouwFaculty of Archaeology
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Sam BotanFaculty of Archaeology
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Victor KlinkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
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Jennifer SweridaFaculty of Archaeology
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Peter AkkermansFaculty of Archaeology
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Bleda DüringFaculty of Archaeology
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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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Donna de GroeneFaculty of Archaeology
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Monique ArntzFaculty of Archaeology
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Burcu YildirimFaculty of Archaeology
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Tracing mobility and connection to place in the world’s first farming villages
How did people move and form communities when human societies first shifted from hunting and gathering to farming? A new study of the Neolithic period in southwest Asia, the birthplace of agriculture, offers fresh insights.
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Jaris Darwin
Faculty of Archaeology
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Preserving Syrian excavation data: ‘the documentation here in Leiden is the only thing that’s left’
The Faculty of Archaeology used to be involved in several excavations in Syria, before the outbreak of civil war made travel to the region impossible. One of these excavations is the one of tell Hammam al-Turkman, which started in 1981. Student Ruben Hartman, together with archaeologist Dr Diederik…
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…
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Valentina AzzaràFaculty of Archaeology
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Research by Leiden archaeologists in The Jordan Times
Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and archaeologically less known. Professor Peter Akkermans was interviewed about his groundbreaking research in this area, known as the Black Desert.
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Remembering Olivier Nieuwenhuyse with a festschrift: ‘He would have loved this book’
On November 16 a festschrift in honor of Dr Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was presented in a moving event at the Faculty of Archaeology. Professor Bleda Düring, a personal friend of Nieuwenhuyse, was one of the initiators. ‘If he had been here, he would have loved this book.’
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Jack TillmanFaculty of Archaeology
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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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Carolien van ZoestFaculty of Humanities
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Devon GravesFaculty of Archaeology
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Investigating ancient irrigation tunnels with a remote controlled car
In ancient times, the desert in the Udhruh region in Jordan was transformed into a green oasis. An intricate network of underground water channels was part of an ancient system of water management, storing water and preventing loss through evaporation. Archaeologist Mark Driessen found a new way to…
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Book Landscapes of Survival sheds new light on the habitation of the Jordan deserts
December 2020 saw the crowning publication of the Landscapes of Survival project by Professor Peter Akkermans. Its main topic is human habitation in marginal environments like the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. ‘The people living here built their own society, and they would not have viewed it as…
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Azra Say OtunFaculty of Archaeology
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Alejandra Roche RecinosFaculty of Archaeology
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Book launch “Style en Society in the Prehistory of West Asia – Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse”
Conference, Book launch
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Jebel Aruda: an Uruk Period Temple and Settlement in Syria
Book Presentation
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Max Willem LenssenFaculty of Archaeology
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculty of Archaeology
- Materialising Prehistoric Societies in Western Asia
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New archaeological perspectives on an Arabian oasis in Islamic periods
Lecture
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Anita KeizersLeiden University Library
- Digital Archaeology Group
- Palloures Winter Symposium
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Joanita VroomFaculty of Archaeology
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Katherinne Guerra ChevaFaculty of Archaeology
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Book Presentation: Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology
Lecture, Book Presentation
- Archaeological Forum
- Archaeological Forum
- Archaeological Forum
- Archaeological Forum
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