Changing the norm: decolonising archaeology with local communities in Sudan

During my fieldwork, I witnessed how much archaeology is still embedded in colonial legacies, not only in the way archaeological research is conducted, but also in the minds of local people.

Tomomi Fushiya • July 16, 2020

Vlog: Different stages of documenting pottery datasets from Silk Roads sites

In this video, MA student Alex Mohns guides you through the different labs and steps of documenting unpublished archaeological datasets from Palmyra and Petra, two important ancient Silk Roads sites.

Alexander Mohns and Marike van Aerde • July 08, 2020

The Latin Aegean: crusade, colonialism, and commercialisation

Small, victimised, and on the fringe, though not over and done. How crusading shaped Late Byzantine socioeconomic life and how the Aegean world defied Latin dominance in times of conquest and exploitation. A story told from history and archaeology.

Mink van IJzendoorn • July 08, 2020 • 1 comment

Drawing Archaeology

Bachelor's student Daphne de Vos creates drawings on the basis of archaeological finds, history and mythology.

Daphne de Vos • April 23, 2020 • 1 comment

Do we have a ‘natural’ friend limit? Taking a closer look at Dunbar’s Number

Written during the outbreak of coronavirus, research master's student Jan Dekker is inspired to take a closer look at social group sizes and human evolution.

Jan Dekker • March 26, 2020

A grazing field for pigs? The early years of post-Roman Cologne

New archaeological discoveries and a fresh perspective on the written sources shed new light on Cologne in the Early Middle Ages

Jip Barreveld • March 03, 2020 • 602 comments

Into people’s noses: investigating past respiratory health to reconstruct a society’s response to urbanisation

PhD candidate Maia Casna explores the impact of diseases on past societies.

Maia Casna • February 20, 2020

Making a point: Replicating needles from the Canadian Arctic

Understanding the past by trying to emulate it, that is experimental archaeology. Matilda Siebrecht investigates the production and use of bone needles by people living in the Canadian Arctic.

Matilda Siebrecht • February 19, 2020

The soldier, the peach, and the well

A group of bachelor's students have identified the oldest peach and olive stones ever found in the Netherlands.

Tullio Abruzzese, Tatiana Crombeen, Jackie Dubbeldam, Shivani Matai and Julia Post • January 29, 2020 • 1 comment