Portfolio page of the company Artefacts showing a cutout of a reconstruction of a Mesopotamian building decorated in detailed patterns of coloured stone-cones.


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15 years of Artefacts!

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2023-11-10

Wow! 15 years and two days ago I co-founded a visualisation company called Artefacts specialised in creating scientific archaeological 3D reconstructions and visualisations for research and science communication. 15 years! I still was a student back then and this company is still running and busy today! I think it…

Screenshot of the game "Along the Nile" where the protagonist is running through an Egyptian city.


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New batch of Archaeogames!

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2023-11-03

A year ago, I reported of an Archaeogaming course I have created. I also showed you the results (games) the students created. This year, I did the course again and we have again new Archaeogames that actually all look awesome! We cover underwater archaeology, excavation ethics, and even play…

Cover of the book "Staub Steine Scherben" by Jens Notroff. Background by Joshua Bartell on Unsplash


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Book Review: Staub Steine Scherben by J. Notroff

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2023-10-27

So this week I read a book about archaeology titled “Staub Steine Scherben” from a colleague working at the German Archaeological Institute. It is a book about what Archaeology is, what it means and how it can help us. I generally like books like these as they offer a…

Roman ruins in Italy, representing a Roman square plaza


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My new position

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2023-10-13

So I already wrote, that my position as an assistant has ended last month. Today, I would like to write about what I do now as a new project member. For the longest time, I didn’t really know myself, but now I have a pretty clear picture and it…

This is a title image for the CAA 2023 session on Archaeogaming


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Archaeogaming session online!

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2023-10-06

At the last international CAA in Amsterdam, I was co-organising a session on Archaeogaming. I already wrote about it, but since a couple of weeks, we also have all the presentations online. The VALUE Foundation thankfully recorded everything and put it on their YouTube Channel…

What happened at the CAA?

So…

Someone holding a mug with the words "The Adventure begins". Photo by Matthew Sleeper on Unsplash


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An end is only a new beginning

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2023-09-29

For the last seven years, I worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Archaeology, chair for Digital and Computational Archaeology. This week is my last week in a job that I didn’t really know what to expect of, started to love, and will build upon in the…

Tools of an archaeologist, like brushes. Photo by Trnava University on Unsplash


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What is a Digital Archaeologist?

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2023-09-22

For a jubilee volume in honour of Reinhard Bernbeck’s 65th birthday, I was invited to write a chapter about whatever I wanted and that connected me to my former PhD supervisor. Naturally, I wrote about Digital Archaeology and what it means to be a Digital Archaeologist. In my opinion,…

Screenshot showing the scanned Banquet Scene and some 3D tools at the side. It is a screenshot of the website.


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Presentation about the Banquet Scene

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2023-09-15

I already talked about my ideas for presenting the Banquet Scene online and how to proceed. This Thursday, I gave a presentation about the progress and I want to write about it as well. I even was able to show a little demo of the page during the presentation….

Cover of the Indiana Jones Comic "The Iron Phoenix", Issue 1. © Dark Horse Comics


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Indiana Jones Comics!

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2023-09-08

So for a while now I am a collector. A collector of Indiana Jones comics. I have stated in the past that I am not a big fan of good old Indy archaeologically, but as adventure-stories, his movies, games and… well comics still hold up. So, I started to…

Someone typing on a typwriter, symbolising that we want to write a book. Photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash.


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Publishing a new volume!

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2023-09-01

So, I have already written about our plans to organise an event on decolonising Archaeology. Also, how we moved that event to the ICAANE in Copenhagen. The workshop was great and this week we finally decided to move on with a publication of the individual presentations! This feels great…

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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. (Nearly) Every Friday.

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