PALMA
Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities (PALMA) is a series of monographs by the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (Netherlands).
The museum was founded in 1818 and houses important collections of Egyptian, Near Eastern, Classical, and Dutch archaeology. The Leiden Museum has always been active in the field of research, including excavations, and is also known for its special exhibitions, some of which travel around the world. PALMA is designed to reflect all these activities.
Full list of volumes in this series
PALMA latest volumes
Five New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara
Maarten J. Raven | 2024
The five tombs dealt with in this book were explored between 2009 and 2017 by the Leiden-Turin Expedition in the New Kingdom necropolis of Saqqara. All of them can be described as minor tombs, constructed…
Style and Society in the Prehistory of West Asia
Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse
Edited by Bleda S. Düring and Peter M.M.G. Akkermans | 2023
Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was a remarkable archaeologist whose work has transformed the study of later Neolithic societies in West Asia. He has inspired many colleagues and students in their own pursuit of archaeology. Through the analysis…
Jebel Aruda: An Uruk period temple and settlement in Syria (Volume I)
Excavation and Material Culture
Govert van Driel† & Carol van Driel-Murray | 2023
Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Tabqa Dam lake in northern Syria, was the location of a remarkable settlement that flourished between c. 3300 and 3100 BC during the so-called Uruk period. For…
