Dr. Matthias Lang

Investigator

Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
Maximilianstraße 22
D-53111 Bonn
Phone: +49 228 73 60156
matthias.lang@uni-bonn.de

Matthias Lang
© Barbara Frommann

Academic Profile

• GIS
• 3D Technologies
• Virtual Reality
• Remote Sensing

since 2019
Scientific Coordinator, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH), University of Bonn

2013–2019
Scientific Coordinator, eScience-Center, Universität Tübingen

2009–2013
Postdoctoral Researcher, Archaeological Institute and Cast Collection of Antique Sculptures, University of Göttingen

2008–2009 
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bochum

2007
PhD in Classical Archaeology, University of Bonn

2003
Master's Degree in Classical Archaeology, University of Bonn

• Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (corresponding Member)

• Deutscher Archäologenverband

• Deutschsprachiger Digital Humanities Verband

  • 2023. As editor. With V. Hochschild and T. Sonnemann. Human History and Digital Future. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, held between March 19th and 23th 2018 at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Tübingen.
  • 2023. With P. Kluge and R. Hussein. "The 3D Digital Documentation of Shaft K24 in Saqqara." In Ancient Egypt, New Technology. The Present and Future of Computer Visualization, Virtual Reality and Other Digital Humanities in Egyptology, edited by R. Lucarelli, J. A. Roberson, and S. Vinson, 186–212. Harvard Egyptological Studies 17. Leiden, Boston.
  • 2022. With D. G. Beresford-Jones, C. Mader, K. J. Lane, L. Cadwallader, B. Gräfingholt, G. Chauca, J. Grant, S. Hölzl, L. V. Coll, J. Isla, C. French, and M. Reindel. "Beyond Inca roads: archaeological mobilities from the high Andes to the Pacific in southern Peru." Antiquity 2022: 1–19.
  • 2022. With P. Kluge, F. Kruse, and V. Rosenkranz. "Advent City: die Rekonstruktion einer untergegangenen Siedlung in der virtuellen Realität." Polarforschung 90(2): 49–61.
  • 2022. With F. Gilotta, V. Carafa, G. Morpurgo, C. Rizzo, A. Cirafici, A. Avella, P. Argenziano, T. Patriziano, M. Micozzi, F. Galiffa, L. Lucchetti, M. Bentz, D. Beck, F. Birkner, C. Briesack, P. Kluge, A. Coen, and M. Zinni. "Researches at the Monte Abatone necropolis (Cerveteri)." Archeologia e Calcolatori 33(2): 135–152.
  • 2021. With P. Kluge. "Die Vermessungsarbeiten und der Luftbildsurvey." In Die Entstehung komplexer Siedlungen im Zentraloman: Archaölogische Untersuchungen zur Siedlungsgeschichte von Al-Khashbah, edited by C. Schmidt, S. Döpper, J. Kluge, S. Petrella, U. Ochs, N. Kirchhoff, S. Maier, and M. Walter, 16–26. Archaeopress Publishing, Oxford.
  • 2020. With R. Hussein, B. Glissmann, and P. Kluge. "Digital Documentation of the Saite Tombs in Saqqara." Studies in Digital Heritage 4: 16–31.
  • 2020. With M. Derntl, B. Glissmann, V. Rosenkranz, D. Seidensticker, D. Kirschenheuter. "A Virtual Research Environment for the Spatial Humanities." In Digital Archaeologies, Material Worlds (Past and Present). Proceedings of the 45rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Universität Tübingen, 181–192. Tübingen. 
  • 2017. With G.Carver. "No Narrative so Grand." Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 69: 9–31.
  • 2016. "Datenbanken kommen und gehen - Objekte bleiben. Kritische Betrachtungen zum Einsatz von Datenbanksystemen bei der Erschließung von wissenschaftlichen Objekten." In Sichtbare Sammlungen, edited by E. Bierende, F. Duerr, P. Moos, and E. Seidl, 51–56.
  • 2016. With C. Chiarcos and P. Verhagen. "IT-assisted Exploration of Excavation Reports. Using Natural Language Processing in the Archaeological Research Process." In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, edited by S. Campana, R. Scopigno, G. Carpentiero, and M. Cirillo, 87–94.
  • 2016. With T. Behrens, K. Schmidt, D. Svoboda, and C. Schmidt. "A Fully Integrated UAV System for Semi-Automated Archaeological Prospection." In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, edited by S. Campana, R. Scopigno, G. Carpentiero, and M. Cirillo, 989–996.
  • 2015. With G. Stegmaier, J. Armingeon, and J. Herrmann. "Oppidum und Gräberfeld - neue Untersuchungen im Bereich der Nekropole beim Burrenhof." Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2014.
  • 2015. With J. Bofinger and D. Svoboda. "Neue Entdeckungen in einer alten Siedlungs- landschaft - Feldarchaölogische Unternehmungen einer 'Fieldschool' zur Ausbildung von Studierenden der Universität Tübingen in Ammerbuch-Reusten." Archaölogische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2014: 40–42.
  • 2012. With G. Carver and S. Printz. "Standardised Vocabulary in Archaeological Databases." In Archaeology in the Digital Era Papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26–29 March 2012, 468–473.
  • 2012. With G. Carver. "Reflections on the rocky road to E-Archaeology." In Archaeology in the Digital Era Papers from the 40th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Southampton, 26–29 March 2012, 224–236.
  • 2012. "Datenbank und Geoinformationssystem des Göttinger Agrigent-Surveys." Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaften 15: 153–166.
  • 2012. "Das Griechische Gehöft – Phänomen und Ausprägung:" In Griechen in Übersee und der historische Raum, Kolloquium Göttingen 2010, 35–46. Göttinger Studien zur Mediterranen Archäologie 3. Rahden/Westf. 
  • 2010. With H. Türk. "Recent Developments in the ArcheoInf Project - Towards an Ontology of Archaeology." In Fusion of Cultures, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Proceedings of the 38th conference, Granada, 5–9 April 2010, edited by J. Melero and P. Cano, 581–585.
  • 2010. With H. Mommsen. "Neutronenaktivierungsanalysen (NAA) an bau- und feinkeramischen Erzeugnissen aus dem Fundmaterial des Gela-Survey." In Der Gela-Survey. 3000 Jahre Siedlungsgeschichte in Sizilien, edited by J. Bergemann, 91–99. München.
  • 2010. Der bunte Himmel - Untersuchungen zu den Tondächern westgriechischer                  Typologie. Oxford.  
  • 2008. With H. Mommsen, M. Kerschner, and C. Weber-Lehmann. "On the export of East Greek Wild Goat style pottery to Sicily - Archaeometric analyses of pottery found at Syrakus, Naxos, Gela, Selinus, and from the Kunstsammlungen of the Ruhr-University of Bochum." In Vasi del Wild Goat Style dalla Sicilia e dai Musei Europei, edited by M.C. Lentini, 25–27. Siracusa.
  • 2007. With H. Mommsen and J. Bergemann. "Neutronenaktivierungsanalysen an Bau- und Feinkeramik aus der Chora von Gela." In Archaömetrie und Denkmalpflege 2007, Jahrestagung in Potsdam, 19. bis 22. September 2007, edited by S. Laue and S. Klein, 79-81. Potsdam.
  • 2006. With H. Mommsen. "Neutronenaktivierungsanalysen zur Herkunftsbestimmung des Daches des Geloer Schatzhauses in Olympia." In Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2006, Jahrestagung an der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, 22.–25. März 2006, edited by O. Hahn and H. Stege, 166–168. Stuttgart.