Excavation, processing and analysis of archaeological remains and material culture. Interpretation, scientific evaluation, publication and presentation of research results.

(Photo: J. Rüdiger)
Participation in research projects include:
“The Prehistoric Societies of Upper Mesopotamia and Their Subsistence”
(German Archaeological Institute)
Participation in 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).

(Photo: R. Gerst)
(German Archaeological Institute)
Participation in the “Jawa Hinterland Expedition”, survey and excavation of several possible Chalcolithic / Early Bronze Age fortified settlement sites in the eastern Badia, Jordan (Staff Member).

“A funeral cult building of the Late Bronze Age from Lăpuş, northwestern Romania”
(Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
Excavations of a Late Bronze Age cult building within a Bronze Age tumulus necropolis in Romania (Staff Member and Trench Supervisor).

–“ASEYM – Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Yitim and Magass Area”
(German Archaeological Institute)
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).

(Photo: N. N.)