Participation in the Cluster of Excellence
- Field of research Transcultural entanglement and disentanglement
- Head of project A3-42 Mountain-top sites in Edom: Disentangling politics, religion and economy in an Iron Age tribal kingdom
Research Foci
- Archaeology of the Late Bronze and Iron Ages of the Southern Levant and Mesopotamia
- Iconography and visual culture of the Southern Levant and Northern Syria
- Technology, crafts and raw materials with a special focus on glass
- Archaeometry (special focus: glass)
CV
Academic Education
- Doctoral studies as research assistant at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich and visiting researcher for one term at the University College London
- Doctorate (Dr. Phil.) at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, title of dissertation "Production, Distribution and Significance of Glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia. An Archaeological – Philological – Archaeometrical Approach"
- Magister Artium in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich with the thesis: „Glasierte Gefäße in Obermesopotamien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung neuassyrischer Beispiele“
- Studies in Near Eastern Archaeology (major), Near Eastern Languages and Prehistoric Archaeology (minors) at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich and the Université Paris1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris
Positions
- Professor for Biblical Archaeology/ Archaeology of the Southern Levant at the University of Münster
- Director of the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem
- Habilitation: Ammonite Sculpture
- Excavation director of the excavations at Tall Zar‛a, Jordan, by the GPIA Amman, funded by the German Archaeological Institute.
- Administration of the DOJAM project "Documentation of Objects in Jordanian Archaeological Museums"
- Cultural Heritage Project "Livelihood Support through Cultural Heritage Development. Creating decent jobs through employment-intensive cultural heritage conservation methods in the northern districts of Jordan and Iraq" in cooperation with UNESCO and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), supported by the EU MADAD Fund: Management of the Gadara/ Tall Zarʿa component.
- Director of the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology of the Holy Land (DEIAHL) in Amman
- Seminars at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Vorderasiatische Archäologie)
- Organisation and coordination of the special exhibition "Tall Zirā‛a - Mirror of Jordan's History" at the Jordan National Museum, Amman, funded by the Federal Foreign Office, Regula Pestalozzi Foundation
- Excavation project "Eastern Badia Archaeological Project", Jordan, with a focus on the Late Neolithic period: trench supervisor (Directors: Prof. Y. M. Rowan, Oriental Institute Chicago, Prof. G. Rollefson, Whitman College)
- Research assistant at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich (PhD)
- Excavation project Dülük Baba Tepesi (Doliche) of the Asia Minor Forschungsstelle in Münster: Specialist for Iron Age pottery (Director: Prof. E. Winter)
- Excavation project Tell Halaf, Syria: from 2009, area supervisor in the area of the Neo-Assyrian north-eastern palace (Directors: Dr. L. Martin, Prof. M. Novák)
- Excavation project Sirkeli Höyük, Turkey: field supervisor (Director: Prof. M. Novák)
External Functions
- Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS) (Editorial board, Member)
- German Society for the Exploration of Palestine (DPV)
- Freundeskreis der Asia Minor Forschungsstelle
- Deutscher Archäologen- Verband e.V. (dArV)
- Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG)
Publications
Books
Books (Monographs)
- . Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age. Evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis. 1st Ed. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Edited Collections
Books (Edited Collections)
- (Eds.): . Durch die Zeiten – Through the ages. Festschrift für Dieter Vieweger. Essays in honor of Dieter Vieweger. 0th Ed. Güterloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
- (Eds.): . The 2018 and 2019 Excavation Campaigns. The Iron Age, Hellenistic and Early Roman Period in Area 2, The Gadara Region Project (2001–2011). Final Report 9. 1st Ed. Güterloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
- (Eds.): . The Limits of Change. Was ist der Wert der beständigen Dinge? 1st Ed. Berlin: Neofelis Verlag.
Exhibition Catalogues (Edited Collections)
- (Eds.): . Mirror of Jordan´s History. Ausstellungskatalog zur Sonderausstellung im Jordan Museum am 1. Juli 2019. 1st Ed. Güterloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
Articles
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
- . ‘Luminescence dating of anthropogenic deposits from Tall Zarʿa in the Jordan Valley.’ Archaeometry 65, № 5: 972–986. doi: 10.1111/arcm.12871.
- . ‘The “House with the Loom” – an Iron Age II domestic complex on Tall Zar‛a: Preliminary report of seasons 2018 and 2019.’ Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 60: 549–558.
- . . ‘One Hundred Years of Archaeological Research in Jordan.’ Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology 16, № 3: 255–304. doi: 10.54134/jjha.v16i3.662.
- . . ‘The Core-formed Glass Vessels from Middle Assyrian Aššur.’ Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie 110, № 2: 242–275.
- . ‘The dating and provenance of glass artefacts excavated from the ancient city of Tall Zirā‛a, Jordan.’ Archaeometry 62, № 6: 1164–1181.
- . ‘Two Glass Beads from Wisad Pools in the Jordanian Black Desert.’ Journal of Glass Studies 60: 303–306.
Review Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘ Hard Power: The Stone Statues of Ammon.’ Biblical Archaeology Review 49, № 4: 48–53.
Non-Scientific Contributions (Journals)
- . „Die Bildwerke des Königreichs Ammon. Ein neues Projekt zu eisenzeitlichen Steinstatuen in Jordanien.“ Antike Welt - Zeitschrift für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte 2, № 22: 16–21.
- . . „Das Königreich Edom aus der Luft. Untersuchungen von Straßennetzen im Hochland Südjordaniens.“ Antike Welt - Zeitschrift für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte 22, № 2: 28–32.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . ‘An Ammonite god in the British Museum.’ In ‘To Aleppo gone …’: Essays in honour of Jonathan N. Tubb, edited by , 67–69. 0th Ed. Oxford: Archaeopress. doi: 10.32028/9781803274706.
- . ‘Der Schreckensglanz Aššurs“ – Überlegungen zum Ende der Eisenzeit II B am Tall Zarʿa in Nordjordanien.’ In Durch die Zeiten – Through the ages. Festschrift für Dieter Vieweger. Essays in honor of Dieter Vieweger, edited by , 185–202. 0th Ed. Güterloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
- . ‘History of research on the Iron Age of the Amman Citadel جبل القلعة (Jabal Al-Qal´a).’ In Excavations, Surveys, Heritage. Essays on southwest Asian archaeology. In honour of Zeidan Kafafi, 249–271., edited by , 249–271. 0th Ed. Münster: Zaphon Verlag.
- . ‘New sensory experiences through technological innovation: Transparent drinking bowls in the Neo-Assyrian banquet.’ In The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East, edited by , 62–76. 0th Ed. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429280207.
- . . ‘Die kerngeformten Glasgefäße aus Gräbern in Assur.’ In Zwischen Feldforschung und Ausstellung. Festschrift für Lutz Martin, edited by , 335–349. 0th Ed. Münster: Zaphon Verlag.
- . ‘Insignien des Königs oder Insignien des Gottes? Ein neuer Blick auf die kultische Königskrönung beim babylonischen Neujahrsfest.’ In Stories of Long Ago. Festschrift für Michael D. Roaf, edited by , 567–594. 0th Ed. Münster: Ugarit Verlag.