About Archaeological Forum & programme
The Archaeological Forum is an archaeological discussion meeting which takes place every 2 weeks on Tuesday afternoons.
Archaeological Forum
May 21: Geophysing Dutch Prehistory. The use of geophysics on prehistoric sites in the Netherlands
Archaeological Forum lecture by Wouter Verschoof (RAAP) Venue: Van Wijkplaats 2/002; 16.00 hrs
May 7: Bioarchaeological and Anthropological Approaches to Mycenaean Burial
Archaeological Forum lecture by Olivia Jones, University of Groningen. Venue: Van Wijkplaats 2/002; 16.00 hrs
9 April: Intentional or Incidental? Fronto-Occipital Vertical Cranial Modification in the Prehistoric Caribbean
Archaeological Forum lecture by Anne van Duijvenbode RMA. Venue: Van Wijkplaats 2/002; 16.00 hrs
26 March, Wonderwerk cave, South Africa, with particular reference to Late Quaternary fauna and prehistoric rock art
Archaeological Forum lecture by Prof. Francis Thackeray . Venue: Matthias de Vrieshof 2/004; 16.00 hrs
12 March: Last day of summer? Climate change and behavioural adaptations at Blombos Cave, South Africa
Archaeological Forum lecture bij dr. Geeske Langejans : "Last day of summer? Climate change and behavioural adaptations at Blombos Cave, South Africa". Venue: Van Wijkplaats 2/002, 16:00 hrs
26 February: Digging Deep in the Galilee: The Kinneret Regional Project Excavations in the Synagogue of Horvat Kur 2008 - 2013
Archaeological Forum lecture by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zangenberg. Venue: Van Wijkplaats 2/002, 16:00 hrs.
12 February: Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes
Archaeological Forum lecture bij Margot Kuitems : "Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of well-preserved, Middle Pleistocene bone collagen from Schöningen ( Germany) and their palaeoecological implications ". Venue: Wijkplaats 2/002, 16:00.
27th November: ArchaeoLandscapes: opportunities and scope
Archaeological Forum lecture by Dr Hanna Stöger "ArchaeoLandscapes: opportunities and scope". Venue: Wijkplaats 002/2, Leiden, 16:00 sharp
13th November: State Formation and Sanctuaries in Apennine Italy
Archaeological Forum lecture by Dr Tesse Stek: "State Formation and Sanctuaries in Apennine Italy. New Evidence from Fieldwork (c. 5th-1st centuries BC)" Venue: Wijkplaats 002/2 Leiden 16:00
30th October: Satellite Imagery and Archaeology of the Black Desert
Archaeological Forum lecture by Harmen Huigens: "Satellite Imagery and Archaeology of the Black Desert: A Remote Sensing Study from Jebel Qurma, Eastern Jordan". Venue: Wijkplaats 002/2, Leiden 16:00
16th October: The Disappearance of the Kitoi Culture, Lake Baikal, Siberia
Archaeological Forum lecture by Dr Andrea Waters-Rist: "The Disappearance of the Kitoi Culture, Lake Baikal, Siberia: Evaluating the Mid-Holocene Population Discontinuity Hypothesis". Venue: Wijkplaats 002/2, Leiden 16:00
2nd October: Time and Sacred Wisdom
Archaeological Forum lecture by Dr Araceli Rojas "Time and Sacred Wisdom: A Mesomerican Calendar Among the Ayook People of Oaxaca, Mexico". Venue: Wijkplaats 002/2, Leiden, 16:00 sharp.
18th September: Women on the move
Forum lecture by Dr Carol van Driel-Murray: "Women on the move: the formation of ex-pat communities on the Roman frontiers". Venue: Wijkplaats 002/2, Leiden 16:00
Archaeological Forum celebrates 17th anniversary!
Archaeological Forum is 17 years old this year. There will be an opportunity to celebrate this after the first forum of the academic year on September 18th ( Women on the Move ).
22nd May: Deconstructing stability
Archaeological Forum lecture by Dr Roy van Beek "Deconstructing stability: Modelling changing environmental conditions and man-land-relations in late prehistoric Twente (The Netherlands)". Venue: Lipsius 227, Leiden, 16:00 sharp.
8th May: The free and unfree of the historians and the rural population of the archaeologists
Archaeological Forum lecture by Professor Frans Theuws "The free and unfree of the historians and the rural population of the archaeologists". Venue: Lipsius 227, Leiden, 16:00 sharp.
24th April: The Mesolithic-Neolithic on a large-scale
Archaeological Forum lecture by Tom Hamburg "The Mesolithic-Neolithic on a large-scale". Venue: Lipsius 227, Leiden, 16:00 sharp.
10th April: The American War of Independence Battle of Chelsea – Grounding the Historical Narrative through Cultural Landscape Analysis
Archaeological Forum lecture by Victor Mastone "The American War of Independence Battle of Chelsea – Grounding the Historical Narrative through Cultural Landscape Analysis". Venue: Lipsius 227, Leiden, 16:00 sharp.
27th March: The early travels of Henry Schliemann (1822-1890): his European travel (1846) and his travel to the Near East (1858)
Archaeological Forum lecture by Christo Thanos "Heinrich Schliemann's pre-Troy travels". Venue: Lipsius 227, Leiden, 16:00 sharp.
