Archaeology is my profession. Naturally, I like to talk about it, because there is so much interesting going on. I also think that Archaeology offers a lot to everyone, young and old.
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I already wrote about my trips to London. I was able to scan the famous Ashurbanipal Banquet Scene in the British Museum. This week, I (together with the initiator of the project, Prof. Dominik Bonatz) was presenting some preliminary results. I presented at a research colloquium at the Freie…
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When doing science, you can put nearly everything into a project. Creating a bibliography for a new course can be a project or creating a course itself can be as well. Sometimes however you will try to do a proper project with funding, meetings, goals and all of that…
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So technically I already wrote a book: my PhD, which I published online in German in 2022. Also technically, I am not really writing a new book. I simply want to rewrite my German PhD into an English (and understandable) version. So is this really a hard thing to…
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Open Science is an ever-evolving concept that seeks to promote access to scientific research outputs, such as data and publications, in an effort to increase transparency, reproducibility, and collaboration. I just read two articles about the FAIR and CARE principles and I really liked them.
What does Open Science mean?
Archaeology,…
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So I already wrote about my partly failed trip to London last year. As I was not able to do the scans I wanted. I was able to do them now and I took over 2.600 photos resulting in over 156GB of data. What for? Well for the most…
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West Asia has long been a cradle of civilisations, and this is no different in Firaxis’ game Civilization VI. The game offers a detailed look at the wonders of the region, and how they compare to their real-world counterparts. In particular, the wonders of West Asia provide many opportunities…
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Last Wednesday, I listened to a talk by Alex Brandsen of the University of Leiden (@alex_brandsen) about his dissertation and a follow-up project. He uses Machine Learning to make vast amounts of excavation reports from commercial archaeology in the Netherlands actually usable. As my interest was sparked, I started…
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I published my PhD “From Layard to Lara Croft”, which feels unreal somehow, but there it is, my own work. 275 pages, 50 plates, 3 years of work. Obviously, I am very happy about this, as the process of publishing took quiet a while. Not to speak of the…
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So last weekend I went to the British Museum in London for work. Unfortunately, due to some circumstances, I couldn’t proceed as planned and have to return in January. But on the other hand, I had some time to have a look at a couple of museums while I…
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As a last stop of many journeys this summer, I was visiting the German Textiles Museum in Krefeld. In my backpack (well in my van), I had two RTI-Domes to make a photographic documentation of different types of textiles. The textiles were wonderful, but will RTI reveal something new?
The…
Hi! My name is Sebastian. I am an archaeologist, a university lecturer, freelancer, guitarist, and father. You could say I am quiet busy, so I learned to manage my time and energy to build good habits and still have space for myself and my family. Sounds difficult? Read here how I do it. Every Friday.
