Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology

16/12/2023

https://www.archonline.nl/january-2024/mortuary-archaeology-workshop-digital-innovations-and-new-developments-30-january-2024/

Mortuary Archaeology Workshop: Digital Innovations and New Developments – 30 January 2024 Date: 30 January 2024 Location: University of Groningen Credits: 1 ECT This one-day workshop aims to focus on innovations and new developments in mortuary archaeology. The first session of the day will featur...

01/11/2023

🎉 Exciting News! One of our papers has been selected as a Volume Highlight in the International Journal of Paleopathology!

We are thrilled to announce that our paper, "A Distant City: Assessing the Impact of Dutch Socioeconomic Developments on Urban and Rural Health Using Respiratory Disease as a Proxy," authored by our own Maia Casna, Rachel Schats, Menno Hoogland, and Sarah Schrader, has been recognized by the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors, and Advisory Board members of the IJPP for its exceptional contribution to the field of paleopathology.

Read it for free here:

To investigate the prevalence of respiratory disease in several populations from the Netherlands across different time periods and socioeconomic condi…

07/06/2023

On the 16th of June, there will be an international symposium on malaria in the past and ways to study this disease in the archaeological record. All talks are live-streamed and everyone is most welcome to attend! For the programme and registration for online participation, please see the link below.

About the event Malaria represents a significant global health threat in our time, and may be a greater still challenge in the future alongside changes in climate, human mobility and residence patterns, and pathogen evolution. However, malaria is also a disease of great antiquity, and understanding....

01/03/2023

Het lab is er klaar voor! Zien we jullie zo?

24/02/2023

Our PhD student Maia Casna was interviewed about her research on respiratory disease and urbanization by the Dutch podcast Wetenschappelijke Wezens.

Interested in knowing more?
Listen to the episode here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KmWxxykmyfiPzsviJ9NNf?si=8cd98843fe9049ca&fbclid=IwAR0DWTRD1xbkbgL_qIHHVDa2yxe2J9Y4Xdu8JVhnuGKrAZijGOnZ2N2E1qQ&nd=1

Wetenschappelijke Wezens · Episode

24/02/2023

Our alumna Cora Leder wrote a piece about her research on the Leiden Archaeology Blog.

If you want to learn more about work post-medieval Dutch populations, this is the reading for you!

For as long as we have been human, our hands have been essential in our interactions with our environment. Whether we make tools, create art, or communicate with each other, we use our hands all day, every day. Our bodies respond to such continued use, including our bones.

25/11/2022

This fall, students from the Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology were given the opportunity to participate in a fieldschool set in the Necropolis of Saqqara in Egypt. 💀👷‍♀️👷

📯 Read more here:

This fall, four students from Leiden University were given the opportunity to participate in a fieldschool set in the renowned Necropolis of Saqqara in Egypt.

07/11/2022

Leiden City of Science 2022: Day of the Dead

Our lab had the pleasure of organizing some activity around the human skeleton, so we did! We had a number of small lectures about vampires in osteology, the black death and it's relevance in our current lives and "Frankensteins" of Schotland. After that, participants were invited to solve a cold case workshop, in which they had to connect a skeleton to one of the pre-made profiles based on the age, s*x and possible pathological conditions of the bones.

It was a great evening and we are really happy a group of interested and participating people joined us!

07/11/2022

What can we tell from the human skeleton and why do we want to know? Our lab assistant Marijke Langevoort gave an interview on local radio last week in light of Leiden City of Science 2022. The theme for that day way Skeletons.

Listen here to the full hour program (including some sweet bone-themed music) in Dutch:

Een heel jaar lang staat Leiden in het teken van de wetenschap en weetjes. In Radio Weetlust is er aandacht voor de activiteiten van de dag, leuke en interessante gasten en een blik op de Leiden2022 scheurkalender. Uitgezonden op 1 november, 08.00 - 09.00 uur.

18/10/2022

Are you curious to learn more about bones?😉 We have put on a special for you on November 1st!💀
Come to and learn all about archeology and death!

Register here✏️
https://leiden2022.nl/activiteiten/dag-van-de-doden?fbclid=IwAR01DbELbc2T-zhHFcbzsNGRejXc9feLc3Upq3rDRNfDVJ8TZqTWPs893Ec

Wist je dat het op 1 november Dag van de Doden is? Voor veel culturen is dit een dag om stil te staan bij voorouders en vorige generaties. Kom naar deze activiteit en leer alles over archeologie en de dood.

16/10/2022

Sending huge congratulations to our MSc students Veronica Pace and Yuran Niu for their presentation awards at the annual meeting of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology 🥳

Veronica’s presentation on frontal sinusitis and computed tomography was awarded the Jane Moore Prize for the best student podium presentation. Yuran’s work on social inequality and body mass was awarded the Bill White prize (runner up) for the best student poster presentation.
Congratulations on all that you have accomplished, Veronica and Yuran!