Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology

The official Twitter of the Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @LeidenArchaeo @UniLeiden. We dig bones!

[LeidenGlobal @LeidenGlobal]

Research by PhD candidate Rachael Hall @UniLeiden unveils differences in osteoarthritis prevalence and patterns among medieval Dutch individuals.
Read her blog @LeidenArchaeo✍🏽

@WorldArchaeo @_INTER_SECTION_ @archaeologymag
@DeArcheoloog @Medievalists
https://t.co/fzRaIZFBVy

[Dr Veronica Tamorri @VeronicaTamorri]

I was lucky to spend time with the amazing pupils of the 2C at the Rosetta Rossi School in Rome. We talked about life abroad and my @MSCActions project @OsteoLab_LU. It’s been my absolute pleasure! See you soon for the next chapter on human bones and osteoarchaeology! 🦴🏺💕

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

New paper out! Dr Rachel Schats discusses the state of art and future directions of investigating #malaria in past populations.

[Dr. Rachel Schats @rachel_schats]

📢 My review article on the archaeology of malaria is out! 🥳🥳🥳 @LeidenArchaeo, @OsteoLab_LU https://t.co/0dHMvGCHFB

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Curious to know more about #bones and play our #murdermystery game?
Come join us tomorrow at the Faculty of Archaeology @LeidenArchaeo!

[Leiden Archaeology @LeidenArchaeo]

We bestaan 25 jaar en dat vieren we met een gratis #ArcheoHotspot evenement op 1 maart! Ga zelf met archeologisch materiaal aan de slag, ontmoet onze archeologen en laat je eigen vondsten onderzoeken https://t.co/daVbqY9LhW #archeologie @unileiden

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Our PhD student @maiacasna 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://t.co/4AtHUdWr9z

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Our alumna @bi_oarchaeology wrote a piece about her research on the faculty blog at @LeidenArchaeo.

If you want to learn more about work post-medieval Dutch populations, give it a read!

https://t.co/aLpgdiMv6C

[Dr Veronica Tamorri @VeronicaTamorri]

The last couple of months saw the start of my @MSCActions project #WOmenPRO with @DrSarahSchrader & my fantastic colleagues @OsteoLab_LU @LeidenArchaeo. Want to know all about females’ lives and gender dynamics in the early Nile Valley? Watch this space!🦴🦴

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

This fall, some of our students were given the opportunity to participate in a fieldschool set in the Necropolis of Saqqara in Egypt. 💀👷‍♀️👷

📯 Read more here:

https://t.co/gnx4MJRQQK

[LeidenGlobal @LeidenGlobal]

1 Nov wordt ook wel de Dag van de Doden genoemd

Speciaal voor deze dag zijn er flitslezingen over mummies, vampiers, Frankenstein-begrafenissen en de Zwarte Dood, van oa @OsteoLab_LU tbv @leiden2022 bij het @LeonardoCollege

@LeidenArchaeo @CADSLeiden 💀
https://t.co/OOXZ801CKd

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

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

@UniLeidenNews
@leiden2022

Register here✏️
https://t.co/sVOJwnYr00

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Sending congratulations to our MSc students @veronicapacee and Yuran Niu for their presentation awards at #BABAO2022.
Well done, Veronica and Yuran!

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Our very own @DrSarahSchrader is presenting her research on health inequality in post-medieval Eindhoven!

[BABAO @BABAO_info]

Next is @DrSarahSchrader talking on Only the Poor Die Young (and Short): An Analysis of Socioeconomic Status, Age-at-Death, and Femoral Length at Eindhoven, The Netherlands #BABAO2022

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Don't forget to check out our students' posters by @maiacasna, Rachael Hall, Yuran Niu, Tamara Merjasec and Louise van Schaik! #BABAO2022

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Another one of our students, Claudia Bressan, is presenting her research on #dentalcalculus and #dietreconstruction! #BABAO2022

[BABAO @BABAO_info]

To start session 3 of #BABAO2022 we have Claudia Bressan speaking on A Mineralised Frame of Human Past: A Study of in vitro Dental Calculus for Assessing its Potential in Archaeological Diet Reconstruction

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

We kick off BABAO this year with a presentation of one of our masters students, Veronica Pace! She presented her research on #frontalsinusitis and #ctscans.

[BABAO @BABAO_info]

We start the first session with Veronica Pace, speaking on Imaging for Headache: Using CT Scans to Diagnose Chronic Frontal Sinusitis in a Dutch Post-Medieval Rural Community (AD 1829- 1866), all the way from Leiden! #BABAO2022

[Dr. Rachel Schats @rachel_schats]

PhD position in the amazing project of @DrSarahSchrader at @OsteoLab_LU and @LeidenArchaeo! https://t.co/4wxXjhi0nC

[BABAO @BABAO_info]

❗️GRANT NEWS❗️
BABAO offers multiple grants for research projects. We are particularly keen to fund applications under the DDOBA grant scheme, aimed at supporting the decolonisation of our research, learning and teaching, and diversification of our profession.

[LeidenGlobal @LeidenGlobal]

What can we learn from the Human Skeleton, and how can we use this to reconstruct the lives of people who lived in the past?
Join this @Coursera course @LeidenArchaeo on #Osteoarchaeology: The Truth in Our Bones!
@LDEHeritage @ArcheologieNed @OsteoLab_LU
🔻https://t.co/yHq0Ejdsd1

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Today was an exciting day! @Wetenschap visited us and discussed osteoarchaeological research with @LeidenBoneDr, @rachel_schats, and @maiacasna!

[Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology @OsteoLab_LU]

Really interesting talks by @rachel_schats and @LeidenBoneDr at the @NVFAnt Autumn Symposium today! Rachel talked about skeletal collections curated by Dutch depots all over the country. Sarah introduced the collections housed at our laboratory.