Thorsten Becker
Master of Arts (M.A.) Research associate Tel.: +49 4421 50 70 870 Publications |
Curriculum vitae
- since 2021: Dissertation on the topic of: Castles between boglands and the sea. Topographic-historical studies on Frisian chieftainship
- since 02/2018: Research associate at the NIhK, Wilhelmshaven
- 2017-2018: Research assistant at AGIL – Office for Applied Archaeology, Reppenstedt
- 2017: Graduate Master-of-Arts (M.A.) at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Hamburg
Thesis: Ein Siedlungsplatz der Michelsberger Kultur bei Maintal-Hochstadt. Auswertung und Befundanalyse der Keramik der Grabungen 2013 und 2014 - 2015-2016: Student research assistant in the REGIOBRANDING joint project (Federal Ministry of Education an Research), research partner University of Hamburg
- 2013: Graduate Bachelor-of-Arts at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Hamburg
- 2011-2014: Student research assistant in the Department of Archaeology, University of Hamburg, in several externally funded projects
- 2009-2017: Study of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology and Philosophy at the University of Hamburg
Research priorities
- Archaeology of settlement and cultural landscape development
- Computer applications in archaeology (GIS, geophysics, 3D-modelling)
Current research topics
- Dwelling mounds and beach ridges in northern Butjadingen (NIhK)
- Manifestation of power – fortification construction as evidence of social transformation processes in the coastal zone of Lower Saxony during the Middle Ages (NIhK)
- WASA: The Wadden Sea archive of landscape evolution, climate change and settlement history: exploration – analysis – predictive modelling (NIhK)
- Empirical studies on the formation and transformation of a "mesolithic" settlement (Univ. Hamburg)
Memberships, honorary offices