Field projects

Saba
Excavations on Saba took place between 1987 and 1992, and then in 2001 and 2002.
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Long Island, Antigua
A survey by Hofman, Hoogland and van Gijn in 1989 has indicated the presence of various raw material sources.
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St. Martin
Three sites have been investigated in 1993, all located in the northern region of the French part of the island.
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Guadeloupe
Between 1993 and 2000 the Faculty of Archaeology had a formal cooperation with the Service Régional de l’Archéologie de la Guadeloupe, Direction Regional des Affaires Culturelles (DRAC) and the then director André Delpuech. During that period surveys and excavations were carried out at a number of sites.
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St. Lucia
In July 2001, the St. Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society invited Leiden University and the Florida Museum of Natural History to undertake archaeological investigations on St. Lucia. In total three campaigns have been conducted on St. Lucia and more are planned for the coming years.
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Dominican Republic
In July 2004, a cooperation started between the Faculty of Archaeology, the Museo del Hombre Dominicano and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (England).
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Martinique
In February 2005, Martinique archaeologist dr. Benoît Bérard invited a team from Leiden to Martinique to carry out a survey of the interior of the southernmost tip of Martinique (district of Saint-Anne).
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