About Near Eastern Archaeology
- Pilot excavation in Iraqi Kurdistan
- The Netherlands organisation for Scientific Research NWO has granted a subsidy to prof. dr Wilfred H. van Soldt (Humanities, LIAS) and dr Diederik J.W. Meijer (Archaeology, Near East) to conduct a pilot excavation in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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- 19 March 2010: The 8.2 ka Climate Event and Archaeology in the Ancient Near East.
- Within the framework of the project Abrupt Climate Change and Cultural Transformation in Syria in Late Prehistory (c. 6800-5800 BC) a workshop is organized to explore the effects of the so-called 8.2 ka abrupt climate event on prehistoric societies in the Near East. Date: Friday March 19, 2010. Venue: Leiden University (Academy Building).
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- 27 March 2010: DUSANE IV
- The fourth Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East, or DUSANE, will be held in Leiden on the 27th of March 2010.
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