Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology

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The Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology studies human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts to learn about the lives of past individuals.

Geschiedenis

The Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology Leiden is an advanced laboratory where human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts, both inhumations and cremations, are extensively analysed to study the human past.

Besides physical anthropological reports on skeletal collections, the laboratory provides theoretical and practical education into human osteoarchaeology.

The laboratory uses state of the art methods such as histology, isotope analysis and ancient DNA.