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1,664 search results for “archaeology of plant” in the Public website

• Anti-microbial and Anti-biofilm compounds From Indonesian Medicinal Plants Research output

  Promotor: C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, Co-promotor: Sandra de Weert

• The Van Loon Project Research project

  The Van Loon project sets out to safeguard the archives of Dutch archaeologist Maurits van Loon (Amsterdam, September 22, 1923 - Montpellier, October 12, 2006) and make them accessible for further study.

• Sitting on the fence: Negotiating archaeology, anthropology and philosophy Research output

  Festschrift for Prof. Dr Raymond H.A. Corbey in celebration of his 70th birthday

• Technology and Methodology for Archaeological Practice Research output

  Practical applications for the reconstruction of the past

• IIAFSARS - Identification of irregular archaeological features in northern South America forest using remote sensing methods Research project

  Researchers using remote sensing technologies have characterized pre-Columbian regularly-shaped earthworks in forests in Central America and the Amazon. In tropical forested mountains in South America, two challenges arise when identifying archaeological sites through remote sensing. Firstly, sites…

• Reading Rubbish Research output

  Using object assemblages to reconstruct activities, modes of deposition and abandonment at the Late Bronze Age dunnu of Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria.

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  Jaris Darwin PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Self Defense: Mimicking natural deterrent strategies in plants using adhesive spheres and volatiles Research project

  How can we make agricultural production systems more sustainable as the worldwide demand for healthy, safe food continues to grow? How can we develop healthy new food crops that have higher yields while requiring fewer harmful chemicals?

• The Belgian Archaeological Mission to Elkab Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• Non-target effects of GM potato: an eco-metabolomics approach Research output

  Promotors: Prof.dr. P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Prof.dr. P.M. Brakefield

• Scanning for Syria Research project

  Dutch archaeologists are making three-dimensional virtual reconstructions of archaeological objects lost in the Syrian civil war.

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  Arie Boomert Guest researcher

  Koninklijk Instituut Taal, Land- en Volkenkunde

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  Maaike de Waal Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Decoding the Rhizobiota Interactome for Improved Crop Resilience (INTERACT) Research project

  The INTERACT project strive to unlock the enormous biotechnological potential of microbes, leading to sustainable crop productions systems.

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  Adam Benfer Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Tiempo, Paisaje y Líneas de Vida en la Arqueología de Ñuu Savi Research output

  This work focuses on the interpretation of the archaeological remains of the Mixtec culture in Southern Mexico on the basis of the knowledge, perceptions, economy and worldview of contemporary descendant communities.

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  Marie Kolbenstetter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• The impact of sustainable forest management on plant and bird diversity in East Kalimantan, Indonesia Research output

  Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh, C.J.M. Musters

• Archaeology and Indigenous Sovereignty in Darién, Panama Research project

  The Darién region of Panama is the only land bridge connecting North, Central and South America. Nowadays home to descendants of African enslaved peoples, Indigenous peoples (Emberá, Wounaan, and Guna), and mestizos, Darién has been and still is fundamental to connectivity, cultural interchange, and…

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  Tijm Lanjouw Guest Staff Member

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Fertility and fontanels: women’s knowledge of medicinal plants for reproductive health and childcare in western Africa Research output

  Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: T.R. van Andel

• membrane system : an ancestral model for plasma membrane transport in plant cells Research output

  Multicellular giant algae Chara species have been widely used in physiological studies for decades.

• MYC transcription factors: masters in the regulation of jasmonate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana Research output

  Promotor: J.M. Memelink

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  Rik Lettany PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Donna de Groene Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Pavement Plants News - 14 August 2023

  At almost midway through, the “Stoeplanten” (Pavement Plants) citizen science project has been very successful. This research was initiated by Nienke Beets, who while working for the Science Communication and Society research group and Hortus Botanicus, gave her contribution to the Stoeplanten proje…

• Education Archaeology

  Study Archaeology at Leiden University. Learn about a full range of theoretical, analytical and field methods from some of the world's leading archaeological researchers.

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  Peter Akkermans Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Ang Li PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• On colonial grounds Research output

  A comparative study of colonialism and rural settlement in first millennium BC west central Sardinia

• Feeding the Byzantine City Research output

  The Archaeology of Consumption in the Eastern Mediterranean (ca. 500-1500)

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  Arturo García De León PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• From Golden Rock to Historic Gem Research output

  Through extensive archaeological and documentary research, this study aims to provide a detailed analysis of the maritime cultural landscape of St. Eustatius over the past four centuries. It focuses on bridging the gap between the marine and terrestrial worlds and demonstrates that in order to truly…

• The Kolyvan-Voskresensk Plants and the Russian Integration of Southern Siberia, 1725-1783 Research project

  How were the Russians, under early modern conditions, able to incorporate this distant, undeveloped and, because frequent nomadic attacks, dangerous territory? And what role did the Kolyvan-Voskresensk plants play in this process?

• Tracing interactions in the indigenous Caribbean through a biographical approach Research output

  Much attention has been paid to the exchange of objects, ideas, and people in the Caribbean. Networks of interaction connected local communities across pan-regional scales, shaping indigenous socio-political integrations and their responses in colonial situations. This work examines the poorly understood…

• Of Islanders and Foreigners? Tracing local identities and cultural encounters in the Gulf of Fonseca, Central America (AD 400-1521) Research project

  How did local lifeways and crafting practices persist and develop in the diverse environments of the increasingly interconnected Gulf of Fonseca (AD 400-1521)?

• Longevity gene discovered in plants News - 14 April 2020

  Harvesting rice from the same field, without planting new rice plants? A discovery may bring this scenario closer. Leiden scientists have discovered a gene that allows annual plants to grow after flowering, instead of dying. Publication on 13 April in Nature Plants.

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  Jos Bazelmans Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Plants and planets News - 6 February 2025

  The Plants & Planets exhibition brings two worlds together in a dazzling mix of science, nature and art. It opens at Old Observatory Leiden and Hortus botanicus on 7 February.

• Anthropo: Indigenous Knowledge of Medicinal, Aromatic and Cosmetic (MAC) Plants in the Utilisation of the Plural Medical System in Pirgos and Praitoria Research output

  Promotor: Prof.dr. L.J. Slikkerveer

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  Jimmy Mans Policy officer

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Wanted: bacteria that allow plants to flourish News - 16 September 2015

  Plants love favourable microbes such as bacteria and fungi: they grow better and become healthier. Jos Raaijmakers, Professor of Microbial Ecology, is in search of the right microbes to be used in agriculture. Inaugural lecture 13 November.

• Una Isla, Dos Mundos Research output

  The arrival of Columbus to the Caribbean in 1492 marked a milestone in world history. In both the European and the indigenous world, a set of economic, political and hierarchical networks and relations were defined, structured and changed. These changes affected the indigenous population at different…

• Traces on tropical tools Research output

  A functional study of chert artefacts from preceramic sites in Colombia (2002)

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  Sam de Ruiter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Anouk Everts PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Refining techniques for radiocarbon dating small archaeological bone samples Research output

  Direct radiocarbon dating of human remains is crucial for the accurate interpretation of prehistory. Yet given the scarcity of prehistoric human remains, direct dating is often too destructive for important fossils. The reduction of sample size necessary for dating bone is therefore of great interest…

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  Sam Botan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Andrea Richards-Cummins PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• “Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions” News - 1 April 2015

  Emeritus Professor Ben Lugtenberg edited a book on “Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions” together with Paul Hooykaas, Eddy van der Meijden and Jos Raaijmakers, all from the IBL.