Faculty of Archaeology - Universiteit Leiden, Leiden Videos

All students and staff that excavated in Oss keep precious memories from their field school experience! To conclude our series on Oss, let’s hear more of them from different generations! - #archaeologyexcavation #communityoutreach #opendays #publicarchaeology #archaeologylife #excavation #research #fieldschool #netherlandsarchaeology #oss #leidenarchaeology #archaeologydig #archaelogystudent #studentlife #thestudentexperience #alumni

Did you miss Dr. Arjan Louwen? Well he’s back with more anecdotes from the field! - #archaeologyexcavation #communityoutreach #opendays #publicarchaeology #archaeologylife #excavation #research #fieldschool #netherlandsarchaeology #oss #leidenarchaeology #archaeologydig #archaelogystudent #studentlife #thestudentexperience #alumni

All students and staff that excavated in Oss keep precious memories from their field school experience! Let’s hear some of them from different generations! - #archaeologyexcavation #communityoutreach #opendays #puclicarchaeology #archaeologylife #excavation #research #fieldschool #netherlandsarchaeology #oss #leidenarchaeology #archaeologydig #archaelogystudent #studentlife#netherlandsarchaeology #thestudentexperience #alumni

The shovel is the best friend of the students at our field school. Let’s hear from our beloved Dr. Arjan Louwen about it! - #archaeologyexcavation #communityoutreach #opendays #puclicarchaeology #archaeologylife #excavation #research #fieldschool #netherlandsarchaeology #oss #leidenarchaeology #archaeologydig #archaelogystudent #studentlife#netherlandsarchaeology #thestudentexperience

What do you wear when you spend a week in a trench? That is what all first-year archaeology students in Oss have to ask themselves. Here are some tips: * S3 steel safety boots * Safety vest * Warm clothes, possibly at the end of their life * Waterproof clothes (even Oss is still the Netherlands)🌧️ * With any good outfit, accessories make the fit: water bottle, hat, sunscreen, a measuring stick for drawings, and the most useful tool for an archaeologist, the trowel! - #archaeologyexcavation #archaeologylife #excavation #research #fieldschool #netherlandsarchaeology #oss #leidenarchaeology #archaeologydig #archaelogystudent #studentlife#netherlandsarchaeology #thestudentexperience

Dr. Mark Driessen gives us the inside scoop on what our students have been working on! - #archaeologyexcavation #archaeologylife #excavation #research #fieldschool #netherlandsarchaeology #oss #leidenarchaeology #archaeologydig #archaelogystudent #netherlandsarchaeology

How do we talk about theories on early human behavior? How can we visually communicate this topic, include evidence, and connect the ideas to our current research spotlight? These are challenges we are working through as we make videos about archaeological research. Specialist in our human origins department use many methods to help understand how certain human behaviors developed. (More on these methods in our next segment!) The practice is tricky because to reflect on behaviors of people in the past is to essentially look in a mirror. What other behaviors can you think of that we share with past peoples, and how did these behaviors make us what we are? Furthermore, what do you think makes a behavior “complex”? Music by: @caleb.arredondo - #archaeology #archaeologistsofinstagram #archaeologylife #research #earlyhumans #lithictechnology #southafrica #southafricanarchaeology #leidenarchaeology #homosapiens #humanbehavior #artiscommunication

This week on Umhlatuzana…. We’re going to breakdown some of their (rather complicated) dating techniques! Still a bit lost? We will do our best to answer questions in the comments! - #archaeology #archaeologistsofinstagram #archaeologylife #research #earlyhumans #lithictechnology #southafrica #southafricanarchaeology #leidenarchaeology #homosapiens #osl #opticallystimulatedluminescence

Do we have the answer to the domestication of Dromedary camels? 🔎The Domestication of an animal is a process that in general takes thousands of years. 🐪 What we really see at Tell Abraq is the end-result of something that probably started much earlier. At the moment we don’t have archaeological evidence for it, but maybe in the future the history of the dromedary will be more clear. - #domesticationnation #dromedary #camels #archaeology #archaeologylife #sciencecommunication #research #excavationfinds

It is time….. The “LUFASM” Team is very excited to present our first documentary about one of our projects, Palloures!!! If our posts from last year left you curious to know more, you might find your answer on our YouTube Channel! The link is at the very top of our biosite, and we will also put it on our stories. Our immense gratitude goes out to the directors of @archaeology_of_palloures for their trust in us telling their story, and to all those that participated in the making of this film. We really hope you enjoy!! We’re so grateful for all of you! - #cyprusarchaeology #chalcolithic #palloures #leidenarchaeology #leidenuniversity #archaeologist #archaeologylife #documentaryfilm #archaeologydocumentary #excavations

Our next video in the domestication series is about camels!! Turns out their story is incredibly complicated. We took a swing at simplifying it for you😌. Stay tuned because this one is a two-parter! 🐫 🔎The Iranian site of Shar-i-Sokhta is particularly interesting for the story of the Bactrian camel domestication. Here they found domestic camel bones, wool and even poop preserved in jars🏺dated between 2700 and 2500 BC! - #bactriancamel #camels #domestication #archaeology #archaeologylife #sciencecommunication

Hello again and happy new year! To conclude our series on the Karakorum Rescue Project, here is how they involve the most important stakeholders in their research. Stay tuned for our carousel on the subject. For more info on the Karakorum rescue project, check out our story highlight in our bio and the link to their website on our biosite. Follow @leidenarchaeology and @archaeologists.connected for further updates on this project! - #karakorum #rockart #publicarchaeology #sciencecommunication #research #leidenarchaeology #heritage #archaeologylife

After viewing our posts on the Karakorum rescue project, if you’re still thinking “how useful can thousands of rock carvings be?” We have even more to share with you! See how archaeologists can study the biodiversity of the past through the Karakorum rock art. - #leidenarchaeology #silkroadarchaeology #biodiversity #karakorum #research #sciencecommunication #archaeologylife #endangeredanimals #rockart

We’re archaeologists!! - #trending #archaeology #archaeologylife #research #academia #leidenarchaeology #werearchaeologists #thefutureofthepast

The spread of early Buddhism! - #karakorum #silkroadsarchaeology #research #leidenarchaeology #sciencecommunication

We have yet another amazing project to showcase! The Karakorum rescue project is a collaborative project with Leiden University’s faculty of Archaeology. Stay tuned for more on this project this month! -#archaeologylife #silkroad #silkroadarchaeology #research #buddhism #sciencecommunication #leidenarchaeology

Ever wondered when and how some animals were domesticated? Archaeology can help answering these questions! 🔍 Cats are everywhere, from the streets to internet memes. Learn how they became pets in 1 minute! 🐾 #archaeology #cats #sciencecommunication #archaeologylife #research #leidenarcheology

Even the most insignificant seeming material can potentially hold so much information about the past. Here is one example of what one found object can tell us! More on this tomorrow✨ What do you think your everyday items might say about you or where you are from? Where was it produced? Where does the material come from? Where do you keep it? - #pallouresexcavation #cyprusarcheology #archaeologylife #leidenarchaeology #thefutureofthepast

The Chalcolithic period in Cyprus, in a minute! (And a few seconds) - #palloures #cyprusarchaeology #archaeologylife #research #futureofthepast #leidenarchaeology

At last… part 2!!! Is it just me or is the thought of the Roman Empire something a lot of us struggle with? I’m starting to get concerned….. We of course had to ask the expert of Roman archeology himself, and we included an answer from 3/5 of the Leidenarchaeology creator team! Now I’m wondering… should we ask about Greek mythology next? Let us know in the comments!! - #archaeologylife #romanempire #leidenarchaeology