Prehistoric Farming Communities (research)
| Specialisation of: | Archaeology (research) |
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| Degree: | Master of Arts in Archaeology (research) |
| Mode of Study: | Full-time |
| Duration: | 2 years |
| Start date: | September, February |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Location: | Leiden |
| Croho/isat code: | 60133 |
Prehistoric Farming Communities is a specialisation of the Research Master’s in Archaeology. The research master’s is an advanced two-year postgraduate programme with an even higher research component than the regular master’s programme and excellent scope for individual student initiative.
Career
The last few years have witnessed a favourable development in the Dutch archaeological job market. Since the Convention of Valetta (commonly referred to as ‘Malta Convention’) on the management of archaeological heritage, budgets for carrying out rescue excavations have become available in large building budgets. Employment can therefore chiefly be found in Dutch archaeology on a contract or project basis, either with commercial companies or with (semi)-government institutions: with university institutes, museums, government, provincial and local authority agencies. The archaeology programme in Leiden has been set up in such away that additional disciplines also provide a sound basis for finding employment in the Netherlands.
