Excavation, processing and analysis of archaeological remains and material culture. Interpretation, scientific evaluation, publication and presentation of research results.
Examining Bronze Age swords at Aalborg Museum, Denmark 2010.
(Photo: J. Rüdiger)
Participation in research projects include:
“The Prehistoric Societies of Upper Mesopotamia and Their Subsistence”
(German Archaeological Institute, third-party funded)
Excavations and research at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic mountain sanctuary of Göbekli Tepe near Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey (Research Assistant, Trench Supervisor and (from 2011 onwards) Field Assistant to head of excavations).
At the Early Neolithic Sanctuary of Göbekli Tepe, Turkey 2007.
(Photo: R. Gerst)
“A funeral cult building of the Late Bronze Age from Lăpuş, northwestern Romania”
(Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, third-party funded)
Excavations of a Late Bronze Age cult building within a Bronze Age tumulus necropolis in Romania (Staff Member and Trench Supervisor).
Archaeological field work (here: at the Late Bronze Age from Lăpuş, northwestern Romania 2010). (Photo: O. Thiel)
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“ASEYM – Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Yitim and Magass Area”
(German Archaeological Institute, third-party funded)
Excavations and research at the Late Chalcolithic – Early Bronze Age settlement and center of early metallurgy at Tall Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan in Jordan (Research Assistant and Trench Supervisor).
At the Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age centre of early metallurgy near Aqaba, Jordan 2010.
(Photo: N. N.)
