The issue is edited by @archaeobasti.bsky.social , @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, Bärbel Morstadt and @aydinabar.bsky.social and contains also exciting contributions by Rune Rattenborg, Jessie DeGrado, Eric X. Jarrard and @luilog.bsky.social.

Our special issue "West Asia in the Center" just dropped in Forum Kritische Archäologie! Eight open access articles on colonialism, heritage, and decolonial perspectives 🎉 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/02/20/west-asia-in-the-center-a-new-special-issue-in-forum-kritische-archaologie/

#280CharAbstracts: Maria Shinoto emphasizes text literacy as a core skill in archaeology. Digital tools open new possibilities for analyzing and teaching textual sources in innovative ways. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #TextualStudies

I won the 2025 Teaching Award at Cologne's Faculty of Arts & Humanities! 🎓 New blog post on why good teaching needs time, why practice matters alongside theory, and why recognition for teaching is important. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/02/13/t... #DigitalArchaeology #AcademicTeaching

#280CharAbstracts: Stefan Krmnicek & Kevin Körner present *Graveler*, a serious game for numismatic teaching. It helps students explore coins interactively, linking play with academic learning. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Numismatics #SeriousGames

#280CharAbstracts: Sebastian Hageneuer argues that video games are not only a source for archaeology but also a medium through which archaeology can be taught. Archaeogaming bridges research, teaching & popular culture. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeogaming #Archaeology

For the Tell Fecheriye exhibition, we presented the results of the ongoing excavation to the general public. We presented an entire archaeological experience and created a colourful illustration of the many tasks involved in an excavation. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

#280CharAbstracts: Stefan Feuser discusses the potential and limits of immersive & browser-based VR for teaching archaeology. While VR can open new perspectives, it faces practical & pedagogical constraints. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... Part of larger volume: doi.org/10.11588/pro.... #Archaeology #VR

✨ New post! Reflecting on my @antike-kolleg.bsky.social interview – the return to Berlin 🏠, honest thoughts on AI in archaeology 🤖, and why someone should finally make an excavation game that's about methodology, not tomb raiding 🎮⛏️ 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/01/16/t... #DigitalArchaeology

New article out! 🎉 "Archaeology and interdisciplinarity after the digital turn" just published in Rethinking History – on RTI, machine learning & archaeogaming as examples for interdisciplinary work. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/01/02/a... #Archaeology #DigitalHumanities

#280CharAbstracts: Michaela Stark examines the use of serious games & 3D interaction in museums and teaching. These tools open new ways of engaging with archaeology, but also pose challenges for sustainability and accessibility. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #Museums

#280CharAbstracts: Asuman Lätzer-Lasar explores ethical challenges of moving images in immersive learning. Reconstructions may distort understanding if not critically reflected upon. Teachers need to foster visual literacy. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #Ethics

📢 Two new publications this week! 📍 Ethnoarchaeology of Moroccan marketplaces (with my SfM models!) 🎮 Archaeogaming as teaching practice (from my Cologne seminar) Two very different projects — one shared spirit. 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/11/21/t... #Archaeogaming #Ethnoarchaeology #OpenAccess

🇨🇿 Just came back from my first trip to Prague — and fell in love. Art Nouveau façades, roast duck & goulash, a whole day at Prague Castle. Romantic, relaxing & full of charm. New blog post ➡️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/10/31/p... #Travel #Prague #Architecture #Food

Short reminder that we have an #Archaeogaming session at the next #CAA2026 in Vienna! Please join us with a paper, the submission deadline is this Sunday! For more info have a look here: itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/26/b... #conference #gaming #archaeology

🎮 At #CAA2026 in Vienna, Aris Politopoulos & I are co-hosting a session on archaeology + play! We’ll explore inclusivity, ethics, critical limits—and how archaeogaming can challenge dominant narratives. Blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/26/b... #Archaeogaming #DigitalHeritage

#280CharAbstracts: 👩‍🏫 Martina Trognitz argues that teaching archaeology must include data literacy. Good data management, FAIR principles & Open Science should be exemplified by instructors and practiced by students. 🇩🇪 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #Data

The Interactive Pasts Conference (TIPC) is an event where we get together to celebrate our joint love for video games and the past and share our playful, creative, smart, cool, beautiful ideas with each other. Come and join: interactivepasts.com/the-interact...

📣 New season of the Digital Classicist Berlin Seminar starts Oct 14! Hybrid lectures on 3D, cuneiform, digital twins, AI, citizen science & more. I’m happy to help organize it in my new role at BBAW. More in my blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/19/a... #DigitalClassics #DH

🎓 New edited volume out now: Digital Methods of Learning & Teaching in Archaeology! Packed with chapters on #VR, #archaeogaming & more. Open Access, CC‑BY‑ND, from a 2024 TU Darmstadt workshop. Read more in the blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/08/29/a... #DigitalArchaeology #OpenAccess

ICYMI: I attended a workshop on virtual reality in digital media, where I was the only archaeologist. Nevertheless, I learnt a lot! The workshop, organised by J. Tomann and S. de Jong, was a delight. Read more about it here: itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/11/04/a... #VirtualReality #Archaeology

🏺 Uruk/Warka is one of the world's earliest cities. Excavations have uncovered a wide range of monumental buildings. Our focus was on the main buildings: C and B; the 'Pillared Hall' and 'Hallenbau'; the 'Great Courtyard'; and some smaller structures. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

#280CharAbstracts: S. N. Autenrieth and D. von Boekel investigate why the destruction of architectural monuments and pictorial works occurs during times of change in the UK, Mesoamerica, Germany, Afghanistan and Syria, both in the past and in the present day. #OpenAccess 🔗 doi.org/10.14361/978...

🎮 I’m co-organizing The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 this October in Leiden! A seriously playful event where games, heritage & history meet. Expect workshops, papers, demos & good vibes. New blog post ➡️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/08/08/c... #TIPC4 #VALUE #Archaeogaming

Die Reichen leben vom Strom der Armen … #Voltaire durchschaute schon im 18. Jahrhundert die Systemarchitektur … Der Komfort der oberen Klassen basiert auf einer konstanten #Spannung, erzeugt durch das prekäre Leben der unteren. Kein Wunder, dass die Maßeinheit #Volt nach ihm benannt wurde. 🖖

ICYMI: One of Egypt’s earliest wells built entirely of stone was excavated in 2000–2001. 🧱💧 Detailed 3D visualisations now illustrate its architecture, building techniques, features, and stratigraphy. A glimpse into ancient engineering! 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it... #DigitalArchaeology

🦫 Just wrote about DBeaver – a free, cross-platform database client that handles local and remote DBs like a pro. 🚨 Caveat: updates can break stuff, but there is a solution. Still: 🧰 probably the best tool I’ve used for managing complex DB setups. Blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/07/11/n...

ICYMI: I’ve finally left Academia.edu. They don’t support open science — they profit from locking your research behind paywalls and upselling “premium” features. I’m done. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/10/28/w... #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #AcademiaEdu #ScholarStrike

ICYMI: 🏺 How did light shape sacred space in ancient Mesopotamia? We explored this by reconstructing lighting conditions in 4 key temple types. ✨ Sacred architecture, seen in a new light. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it... #DigitalArchaeology #Mesopotamia #3DModeling #SacralArchitecture

ICYMI: 🎮 In this blog post, I give a quick intro to archaeogaming: studying archaeology in, of, and through video games—from Tomb Raider to No Man’s Sky. Have a look: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/07/30/a... #Archaeogaming #GameStudies #DigitalArchaeology

For an old project, I instructed 4 students to evaluate an online 3D viewer that was developed. Our task was to evaluate its potential use in archaeology, and we already had some ideas. However, I wondered if a classic 3D viewer was the right approach. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/10/21/t...

Just got back from #ICAANE in Lyon — a great experience! Enjoyed insightful talks, a well-run program, and the chance to present my work on digitally reassembling the garden scene of the North Palace at Nineveh. Also: tea, people-watching, and Lyon's charm 🌧️🍷☀️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/06/06/i...

🚀 Two months into my new job & things are in full swing! 🔍 Working on a massive Mesopotamian seal database 🛠️ Juggling many tasks, team planning, outreach & LOD 💬 It’s intense—but progress is showing! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/30/m... #DigitalHumanities #Mesopotamia #NewJobVibes #AcademicLife

Just back from the DiKopA workshop and wow—so much good discussion on digital archaeology, teaching, and what “skills” really mean in 2025. Wrote up some thoughts here: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/23/t... #Archaeology #DigitalHumanities #AcademicLife #DiKopA #Fieldnotes

Just got back from #CAA2025 in Athens—what a week! From archaeogaming sessions to exploring the Acropolis (and the coffee!), it was unforgettable. 🏛️☕ Check out my full recap: itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/16/c... #DigitalArchaeology #Archaeogaming #CAA

📅 May 19–20 | Darmstadt + Online Join us for the second DiKopA Workshop on digital teaching & learning in archaeology! Talks, keynotes & discussions on digitisation, reproducibility & more. Full programme now online! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/09/u... #Archaeology #DigitalTeaching #DiKopA

ICYMI: 🏺Yeha Visualisation Project. We have created not just a reconstruction of a building or a town, but of an entire palaeoenvironment! The Ethio-Sabaean settlement in Ethiopia from the 1st mill. BCE is located in a valley & features a beautiful palace. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

#280CharAbstracts: @DelitzHeike and F. Levenson discuss the social significance of great architecture and the sociology of #monumentality. They compare nomadic architecture with medieval cathedrals and the ritual topography of Uruk. #openaccess 🔗 www.doi.org/10.14361/978...

ICMYI: I was in Paris for a few days and, to my surprise, I didn't like what I had come for, but I did find something else that I would come back for in a heartbeat. Was it Le Marais, Montmartre or the Louvre? Read the answer here: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/10/14/a...

*chef’s kiss*

New open-access article by Sophie C. Schmidt and me on the state of Digital and Computational Archaeology in Germany 🇩🇪. We explore what DCA is, how it’s taught, career options, and future prospects. Now published in it – Information Technology! 🎉 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/04/11/n...

I'm thrilled to announce that I’ve started a new job as a project coordinator for the KIŠIB project in Berlin. We're building a huge digital database of ancient Mesopotamian seals, combining archaeology, digital tools, and more! It’s a 16-year journey ahead.🖋️ 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/04/04/n...

ICYMI: 🏺 Tepe Gawra ("the great mound"), is located in #Iraq. The "Round House" dates from around 4000 BCE. As our architec. reconstruction is of course only tentative, we have decided to use colour coding to illustrate the degree of certainty in the model. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

🚀 The results of the 2nd #Archaeogaming Hackathon are live! Hosted by the DiKopA network, two teams created playable Archaeogames in just three days using RPG Maker MV. Play them now (🇩🇪) & explore the past in a whole new way! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/03/28/t... #GameDev #DigitalArchaeology

ICYMI: Sometimes I write an email to someone because I need an answer. By writing and finding the right words to describe my problem, I find the answer 80% of the time. These days, I only pretend to write emails to find answers. #productivity 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/08/06/h...

🏺 ICYMI: The so-called "Red House" was discovered in the centre of the lower town of Tell Schech Hamad. It was built and used during the Neo-Babylonian period (626-539 BCE) and destroyed by fire. We created a 3D model of the replastered remains. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

In The Shock Doctrine (2007), Naomi Klein argues that crises are used to push neoliberal policies that benefit elites. 💰📉 From Chile to Iraq, she shows how disaster capitalism works. A must-read (especially now)! 📖🔥 #Economics #Politics #DisasterCapitalism ⬇️ 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/03/21/b...

ICYMI: Deadlines are both a blessing and a curse. They motivate me, but they also lower the quality of my work. The fact is, you can't work in academia without deadlines. But how do they work for you? Do you need/hate/ignore deadlines? My own opinion: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/09/23/d...

🏺 Heron of Alexandria (c. 10-70 CE) was a Greek-Egyptian mathematician and inventor. One of his inventions was automatic temple doors. The doors would open automatically when a fire was lit and close again when the fire died down. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

ICYMI: 🚀 Part two of my three-part series on academic #productivity! This time, I’m exploring the value of discussion over mere questioning—in other words, the long-term benefits of meaningful exchange over short-term solutions. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/07/23/t...