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The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/43926 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation
Author: Schats, Rachel
Title: Life in transition : an osteoarchaeological perspective of the consequences of
medieval socioeconomic developments in Holland and Zeeland (AD 1000-1600)
Issue Date: 2016-11-03
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Curriculum vitae
Rachel Schats was born in 1987 in the city of Voorburg, The Netherlands. From 1999 to 2005, she attended the Haags Montessori Lyceum. In 2005, Rachel started her undergraduate studies at Leiden University where she received her BA in 2008 with a major in Caribbean archaeology and a minor in archaeological sciences. During her undergraduate, Rachel participated in several excavations in the Caribbean. For her graduate studies, Rachel remained at Leiden University where she was accepted into the research master programme Religion and Society specialising in Caribbean osteoarchaeology. To expand her knowledge in skeletal anatomy and palaeopathology, Rachel studied under prof. Simon Hillson and prof. Tony Waldron at University College London as an Erasmus Exchange student. After obtaining her research master degree in 2010, Rachel started working at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University as a teaching/research assistant supporting the osteoarchaeological education while simultaneously working on her PhD project. During this time, she developed her education skills by teaching several of undergraduate and graduate course at Leiden University, VU University Amsterdam, University of Groningen, and Saxion School for Applied Sciences.
Additionally, Rachel wrote several physical anthropological reports and presented at national and international conferences. As of January 2016, she is appointed as a lecturer in Human Osteoarchaeology at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.
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