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This volume is a collection of papers written by staff members of the Faculty of Archaeology and presents a good overview in time and space of the kind of research the Institute in Leiden is doing. The time periods vary from the Palaeolithic to the p

Boek Excerpta Archaeologica Leidensia Ii - Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, uitgegeven door Sidestone Press, Archeologie

Wat betekent antroposofie, het gedachtegoed van Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), voor een arts, rechter, boer, hulpverlener, orthopedagoog, docent kunst, historicus, verpleegkundige, planoloog? Karel Post Uiterweer, Janneke den Herder-van Kappen, Klaas Ku

As early as the 19th century discoveries of groups of large axes puzzled those confronted with them. The fact that most were found in waterlogged places in particular formed the basis of speculation as to the nature of these objects. In this Research

An Archaeology of Exchange is primarily an archaeology of human sociality and anti-sociality. Nevertheless, archaeological studies of exchange are numerous and varied, and archaeologists do not always approach exchange as a social mechanism, concentr

In 1660 verscheen één van de eerste overzichtswerken over de (voor)geschiedenis van Noord-Nederland, Johan Picardts 'Korte Beschryvinge Van eenige Vergetene en Verborgene Antiquiteten'. De auteur behandelt in zijn driedelige studie tal van onderwerpe

Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express 'space' from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe that space can

Similar to the osteological study of prehistoric human remains, the study of human dental wear has been proven to afford a wealth of information on human cultural practices. This study is aimed at recording and understanding the dental wear patterns

In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town's Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which Christ died. Although busses full of to

Complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I), formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, can occur after a trauma to an arm or leg. CRPS is frequently seen after wrist fractures. The diagnosis of CRPS is based on clinical signs and symptoms. A

Today, half of the Netherlands is situated below sea level. Because of this, water-management is of key importance when it comes to maintaining present-day habitation of the Dutch low-lands. In prehistory, however, large parts of the Dutch landscape

On November 29th 2007, the Dutch United Nations Student Association (SIB Leiden) organized a Conference, titled: "The Future of the European Union - How to Proceed in an Ever Closer Union?" The conference was meant to offer students, young academics

This publication contains the six main appendices to the PhD thesis 'A Living Landscape. Bronze Age settlement sites in the Dutch river area (c. 2000-800 BC)' by Stijn Arnoldussen which was published by Sidestone Press in 2008. That study entails an

Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen,

Almost fifty years ago J.J. Butler started his research to trace the possible remains of a Bronze Age metalworkers workshop in the Netherlands. Yet, while metalworking has been deduced on the ground of the existence regional types of axes and some sc

Beneath the surface of Aardenburg, a small town in the south-western part of the Netherlands, lie the remains of a Roman settlement that is presumed to have been named Rodanum. Extensive archaeological excavations from the late 1950's to the late 198

In deze studie staan de overblijfselen van prehistorische boerengemeenschappen van omstreeks 3500 jaar geleden centraal. Het gaat om samenlevingen die de pleistocene zandgronden van Zuid-Nederland en Vlaanderen in de periode van 1800 tot 1050 voor Ch

In 1979, the world was taken by surprise when the Iranian people revolted against their westernized ruling elite, and traded in the Shah for a radical Islamic republic ruled by the most senior Shiite cleric, ayatollah Khomeini. The Islamic revolution

The sophistication of Neanderthal behavioural strategies have been the subject of debate from the moment of their recognition as a separate species of hominin in 1856. This book presents a study on Neanderthal foraging prowess. Novel ethnographic and

Hoe overleven leden van professionele teams in een wereld die gekenmerkt wordt door individualisering, versnelling en winstmaximalisatie? In tegenstelling tot de theorieën in de gangbare managementliteratuur concludeert dit onderzoek, dat de dynamiek

The scarcity of water is a major problem in many parts of the Near East today and has been so in the past. To survive in such a region people should be able to structurally attain more water than rainfall alone can supply. The archaeology of this are

The biographies of flint objects reveal their various and changing roles in prehistoric life. Using raw material sourcing, technological analysis, experimental archaeology, microwear and residue studies the author tells the story of flint from the Ea

Dit Engelstalige boek geeft een volledig overzicht van de geschiedenis van het Nederlandse hunebedonderzoek. Het boek bevat een gedetailleerde beschrijving van de eerste onderzoekers die deze merkwaardige monumenten reeds in de 16de eeuw onderzochten

Eenvoudige boeren met wat akkers en koeien, mensen die min of meer gelijk waren aan elkaar en vreedzaam leefden. Dat is het beeld dat de meeste opgravingen ons bieden van de prehistorische samenlevingen in Nederland. Maar dat is schijn: ook toen ware

Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have proliferated at an unprecedented pace since the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Although the WTO legally recognizes countries' entitlement to form RTAs, neither the WTO nor parties to RTAs have an

Archaeology, as the discipline that searches to explain the development of society by means of material remains, has been avoiding the big issues involved with its research agenda. The topic of social evolution is concealed by anxiety about previous

Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations

Neue Forschungen zum 'Versenkten Peristyl' auf dem Palatin Von 2005 bis 2010 untersuchte ein internationales Forscherteam einen zentralen Bereich der römischen Kaiserpaläste auf dem Palatin: Das sogenannte 'Versenkte Peristyl' der Domus Augustana

Tot ca. 4000 jaar geleden had de mens vrijwel uitsluitend de beschikking over stenen werktuigen om zijn strijd om het bestaan succesvol te kunnen voeren. Vuursteen was zonder twijfel de meest geschikte, en daarmee meest gebruikte grondstof om gereeds

Wat moeten mensen en organisaties doen om in een langere loopbaan inzetbaar te blijven? Hoe kun je het vermogen om prestaties te leveren die en hier en nu toe doen, onderhouden of versterken, ook op latere leeftijd, ook in een langere loopbaan?In dit

This study is a contribution to the household archaeology of the Caribbean. The aim of the research was to come to a material definition of the precolonial house, rather than rely on the few, short, Spanish colonial descriptions. Archaeological resea

'No, but we are different. Tonpa Sherab treated men and women in the same way, he passed on his teachings to both men and women and that is why we nuns are on equal footing with the monks, quite unlike the Buddhists.' The Bön religion is oft

Bij Rhenen duikt uit het Rijndal steil de Utrechte Heuvelrug op. Dit relict uit de voorlaatste ijstijd is de eerste Nederlandse hoogte vanaf de kust. Op de zuidelijke flank van deze rug vestigden zich duizenden jaren geleden de eerste bewoners. Van d

Oost-Nederland is een landschappelijk sterk gevarieerd gebied. Dit proefschrift is het verslag van een interdisciplinair onderzoek naar de lange-termijn-ontwikkelingen van landschap en bewoning van Overijssel en de Achterhoek. Archeologische bronnen

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Animism as a religion and a culture of the Nilotic peoples of the Upper River Nile in modern 'Southern Sudan'. It gives an account of how the Animistic ritual performances of the divine chief-priests are

The hills overlooking the north flank of the Rhine valley in the Netherlands are dotted with hundreds of prehistoric burial mounds. Only a few of them were ever investigated by archaeologists, and even nowadays the many barrows preserved in the exten