BSc / MSc topics

Master and Bachelor work topics in the summer term 2020

• Geoarchaeology in the Mahaweli River catchment, Sri Lanka. A multi proxy approach (GIS/RS, Sedimentology, Geochronology)
• Die Weseraue bei Rinteln im Wandel. Analyse des Landnutzungswandels der letzten 100 Jahre anhand von topographischen Karten
• Rekonstruktion eines ehemaligen Weserverlaufs bei Rinteln anhand von Sedimentprofilen
• Kiesabbau entlang des Mittellaufs der Weser – Eine Literaturstudie
• Erstellung einer geomorphologischen Karte für das Umland von Luckenwalde auf Grundlage von Lidar Daten und thematischen Karten

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Wiebke Bebermeier
Institute for Geographical Sciences
Physical geography/ landscape archaeology

wiebke.bebermeier@fu-berlin.de

Ongoing projects:

• Subject related Partnerships with Institutions of Higher Education Master Landscape Archaeology at the University of Peradeniya 
• Tanks in the dryzone of Sri Lanka

Finished projects:

• Reconstructing site-specific environmental conditions of the antique settlement of Ayamonte, Lower Andalusia 
• Iron mining in the Przeworsk Culture
• Landscape evolution of the necropolis of Dahshur
• ELLA: die E-Learning Plattform zur Landschaftsarchäologie
• Settlement history of the southern forelands of the Harz Mountains

Peer-reviewed journals

2024

Pagels, J., Chaouali, M., Fenwick, C., von Rummel, P., Bebermeier, W., 2024. Coupling morphometric analysis and soil erosion modeling for the characterization of the geomorphological setting in the surrounding of the archaeological site of Chimtou (Central Medjerda Valley, Tunisia). Journal of Maps 20, 2332369. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2332369

2023

Bebermeier, W., Abeywardana, N., Susarina, M., Schütt, B., 2023. Domestication of water: Management of water resources in the dry zone of Sri Lanka as living cultural heritage. WIREs Water, e1642.
https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1642

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2021

Bebermeier, W., M. Brumlich, F. Becker, R. Eser, D. Knitter, V. Cordani, H. Eilbracht, E. Kaiser, J. Klinger, E. Lehnhardt, M. Meyer, S.G. Schmid, B. Schütt, M. Thelemann, 2021. Socio-Ecological Aspects of Iron as a New Raw Material. In: D. Knitter, W. Schier, B. Schütt (eds): Spatial Environment and Conceptual Design. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 74, 155-177. DOI 10.17171/3-74): www.edition-topoi.org

2019

Abeywardana, N., Schütt, B., Wagalawatta, T. and Bebermeier, W., 2019. Indigenous Agricultural Systems in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka: Management Transformation Assessment and Sustainability. Sustainability, 11(3).

2018

Abeywardana, N., Bebermeier, W. and Schütt, B., 2018. Ancient Water Management and Governance in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka Until Abandonment, and the Influence of Colonial Politics during Reclamation. Water, 10(12).

Bebermeier, W., Hoelzmann, P., Meyer, M., Schimpf, S. and Schütt, B., 2018. Lateglacial to Late Holocene landscape history derived from floodplain sediments in context to prehistoric settlement sites of the southern foreland of the Harz Mountains, Germany. Quaternary International, 463: 74-90.

Mukherjee, S., Bebermeier, W. and Schütt, B., 2018. An Overview of the Impacts of Land Use Land Cover Changes (1980-2014) on Urban Water Security of Kolkata. Land, 7(3).

Thelemann, M., Bebermeier, W., Hoelzmann, P. and Schütt, B., 2018. Landscape history since the Saalian Drenthe stadial in the Widawa Catchment Area in Silesia, Poland: A case study on long-term landscape changes. Quaternary International, 463: 57-73.

2017

Abeywardana, N., Bebermeier, W., Schütt, B. 2017. The Hinterland of Ancient Anuradhapura: Remarks about an Ancient Cultural Landscape. Journal of World Heritage Studies. Special Issue 2017: Proceedings of the first capacity building workshop on nature-culture linkages in heritage conservation in Asia and the Pacific 2016. 40-47.

Bebermeier, W., Meister, J., Withanachchi, C.R., Middelhaufe, I. and Schütt, B., 2017. Tank Cascade Systems as a Sustainable Measure of Watershed Management in South Asia. Water, 9(3).

Wagalawatta, T., Bebermeier, W., Hoelzmann, P., Knitter, D., Kohlmeyer, K., Pitawala, A., Schütt, B., 2017. The significance of stone resources in the cultural landscape of ancient Anuradhapura city; (4^th century BCE – 11^th century CE), Sri Lanka. Archaeological Science: Reports, 382-394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.060.

Thelemann, M., Bebermeier, W., Hoelzmann, P. and Lehnhardt, E., 2017. Bog iron ore as a resource for prehistoric iron production in Central Europe - A case study of the Widawa catchment area in eastern Silesia, Poland. Catena, 149: 476-492.

2016

Bebermeier, W., Beck, D., Gerlach, I., Klein, T., Knitter, D., Kohlmeyer, K., Krause, J., Marzoli, D., Meister, J., Müller-Neuhof, B., Näser, C., von Rummel, P., Sack, D., Schmid, S. G., Schütt, B., Wulf-Rheidt, U., 2016. Ancient Colonization of Marginal Habitats. A Comparative Analysis of Case Studies from the Old World. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies, Special Volume 6: Space and Knowledge. Topoi Research Group Articles: 1–44.

Bebermeier, W., Brumlich, M., Cordani, V., de Vincenzo, S., Eilbracht, H., Klinger, J., Knitter, D., Lehnhardt, E., Meyer, M., Schmid, S. G., Schütt, B., Thelemann, M., Wemhoff, M., 2016. The coming of iron in a comparative perspective. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies, Special Volume 6: Space and Knowledge. Topoi Research Group Articles: 152-189.

Klein, T., Bebermeier, W., Krause, J., Marzoli, D. and Schutt, B., 2016. Sedimentological evidence of an assumed ancient anchorage in the hinterland of a Phoenician settlement (Guadiana estuary/SW-Spain). Quaternary International, 407: 110-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.038.

Wagalawatta, T., Bebermeier, W., Kohlmeyer, K. and Schütt, B., 2016. An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Stone Quarrying Techniques in Historical Anuradhapura. Ethnoarchaeology, 8(2): 158-179.

2015

Thelemann, M., Lehnhardt, E., Bebermeier,W., Meyer, M., 2015. Iron, Human and Landscape – Insights from a micro-region in the Widawa catchment area, Silesia. In: Knitter, D., Bebermeier, W., Nakoinz, O. (Eds.): Bridging the Gap – Integrated Approaches in Landscape Archaeology. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies. Special Volume 4: 109-138.

Wagalawatta, T., Bebermeier, W., Knitter, D., Kohlmeyer, K., Schütt, B., 2015. Ancient rock quarries in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. In: Knitter, D., Bebermeier, W., Nakoinz, O. (Eds.): Bridging the Gap – Integrated Approaches in Landscape Archaeology. eTopoi Journal for Ancient Studies. Special Volume 4: 48–65.

2014

Schneider, S., Matthaei, A., Bebermeier, W. and Schütt, B., 2014. Late Holocene human-environmental interactions in the Eastern Mediterranean: Settlement history and paleogeography of an ancient Aegean hill-top settlement. Quaternary International, 324: 84-98.

Others

Schneider, S., Nykamp, M., Matthaei, A., Bebermeier, W. and Schütt, B., 2013. Alluvial geoarchaeology of a small drainage basin in western Anatolia: Late Holocene landscape development and the question of the mouth of the Paleo-Bakircay. Quaternary International, 312: 84-95.

Schütt, B., Bebermeier, W., Meister, J. and Withanachchi, C.R., 2013. Characterisation of the Rota Wewa tank cascade system in the vicinity of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Erde, 144(1): 51-68.

Ramisch, A., Bebermeier, W., Hartmann, K., Schütt, B. and Alexanian, N., 2012. Fractals in topography: Application to geoarchaeological studies in the surroundings of the necropolis of Dahshur, Egypt. Quaternary International, 266: 34-46.

Bebermeier, W., Alexanian, N., Blaschta, D., Ramisch, A., Schütt, B. and Seidlmayer, S.J., 2011. Analysis of Past and Present Landscapes Surrounding the Necropolis of Dahshur. Erde, 142(3): 325-352.

Schneider, S., Bebermeier, W., Schütt, B., 2010. Geoarchäologische Untersuchungen im westlichen Kaikostal. In: Pirson, F., (Hg.): Pergamon - Bericht über die Arbeiten in der Kampagne 2009. Archäologischer Anzeiger. 2. 139-236.

Book chapters and contributions to anthologies                                                                    

Bebermeier, W., Becker, F., Eser, R., Knitter, D., Cordani, V., Eilbracht, H., Kaiser, E., Klinger, J., Lehnhardt, E., Meyer, M., Schmid, S. G., Schütt, B., Thelemann, M.: Socio – ecological aspects of iron as a new raw material. (submitted as book chapter in the anthology of the book series Berlin Studies of the Ancient World, Edition Topoi).

Näser, C., Knitter, D., Gussone, M., Kennedy, W. M., Klein, T., Bebermeier, W., Gerlach, I., Kohlmeyer, K., Krause, J., Marzoli, D., Meister, J., Müller-Neuhoff, B., Rummel, von P., Sack, D., Schmid, S. G., Schütt, B., Wulf-Rheidt, U.: Investigating marginality within the framework of socio-ecological interaction models (submitted as book chapter in the anthology of the book series Berlin Studies of the Ancient World, Edition Topoi).

Knitter, D., Bebermeier, W., Schütt, B., Krause, J., 2018. Critical Physical Geography in Practice: Landscape Archaeology. In: Lave, R., Biermann C., Lave, S. (Eds): The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography. Palgrave, New York. 179-201.

Bebermeier, W., 2012. Die Entwicklung des naturnahen Wasserbaus im Spiegel von Gesetzgebung, Fachdiskurs und Praxis. In: Lauterbach, R., Buchs, A.-K., Cortekar, J. & R. Marggraf (Hg): Handbuch zu den ökonomischen Anforderungen der europäischen Gewässerpolitik. Implikationen und Erfahrungen aus Theorie und Praxis. Stuttgart. 15-41.

Bebermeier, W., 2011. Wasserbauliche Maßnahmen an der Hunte zwischen 1766 und heute. In: Denzer, V., Klotz, S. & H. Porada (Hg.): Die historisch-landeskundliche Bestandsaufnahme und Darstellung von Gewässern und Gewässernutzungen. forum ifl. 15. 53-75.

Bebermeier, W., 2008. Regulierung vs. Renaturierung - Der Paradigmenwechsel im Wasserbau im Spiegel der Zeitschrift Wasser und Boden. In: Bebermeier, W., Hennig, A., Mutz, M. & C. Ohlig (Hg.): Vom Wasser. Umweltgeschichtliche Perspektiven auf Konflikte, Risiken und Nutzungsformen. Schriften der Deutschen Wasserhistorischen Gesellschaft e. V. Herausgeberschaften. 117-143.

Conference proceedings

Alexanian, N., Bebermeier, W., Blaschta, D., 2017. The Discovery of the Lower Causeway of the Bent Pyramid and the Reconstruction of the Ancient Landscape at Dahshur (Egypt). In Tristant Y. and Ghilardi M. (Eds): Landscape Archaeology. Egypt and the Mediterranean World, Bibliothèque d’Étude 169 (Cairo, 2017), pp. 7-18.

Goren, A., Kohlmeyer, K., Bremer, T., Kai-Browne, A., Bebermeier, W., Müller, T., Öztürk, D., 2015. Virtual Archaeology - creating an interdisciplinary toolbox for 3D visualisation of ancient sites and landscapes in computer game engines. In: Traviglia, A. (Eds.): Across Space and Time Papers from the 41st Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Perth, 25-28 March 2013. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. 387-400.

Alexanian, N., Bebermeier, W., Blaschta, D., Ramisch, A., 2012. The Pyramid Complexes and the Ancient Landscape of Dahshur/Egypt. In: Bebermeier, W., Hebenstreit, R., Kaiser, E. & J. Krause (Eds.): Landscape Archaeology. Proceedings of the International Conference held in Berlin, 6th – 8th June 2012. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies. 131-133.

Hoelzmann, P., Rauchfuß, B., Ullrich, B., Bebermeier, W., Kaufmann, G., Schütt, B., Meyer, M., 2012. Coupling of geomorphological, geophysical, geochemical and archaeological spatial data for a study of the interface of the Latène and Przeworsk cultures in NE Germany. In: Bebermeier, W., Hebenstreit, R., Kaiser, E. & J. Krause (Eds.): Landscape Archaeology. Proceedings of the International Conference held in Berlin, 6th – 8th June 2012. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies. Special Volume 3. 399-403.

Editorials

Kluiving, S.J., Durcan, J.A., Bebermeier, W., Inglis, R., Heyvaert, V.M.A., Howard, A. and Shillito, L.M., 2019. Geoarchaeology: Human adaptation to landscape changes, landscape resilience to human impact and integrating palaeoenvironmental and archaeological records. Quaternary International, 501: 269-271.

Kluiving, S.J., Bebermeier, W., Howard, A. and Heyvaert, V.M.A., 2017. Human-environment interactions in the Holocene Preface. Catena, 149: 449-450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.10.013.

Knitter, D., Bebermeier, W., Nakoinz, O. 2015. Bridging the gap – Integrated approaches in landscape archaeology. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies. Special Volume 4, i-viii.

Bebermeier, W., Hoelzmann, P., Kaiser, E., Krause, J., 2013. Guest Editorial: Landscape and Archaeology, Quaternary International, 312. 1-3, ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.09.003.

Bebermeier, W. and Schütt, B., 2011. Geoarchaeology - A New Discipline? Erde, 142(3): 209-212.

Bebermeier, W., Hebenstreit, R., Kaiser, E., Krause, J., 2012. Landscape Archaeology. Proceedings of the International Conference held in Berlin, 6th – 8th June 2012. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies. Special Volume 3.

Bebermeier, W., Hennig, A., Mutz, M., Ohlig, C., 2008. Einleitung: Wasser in umweltgeschichtlicher Perspektive. Vom Wasser. Umweltgeschichtliche Perspektiven auf Konflikte, Risiken und Nutzungsformen. Schriften der Deutschen Wasserhistorischen Gesellschaft. Bd. 4. 1-12.

Monographie

Bebermeier, W. 2008. Wasserbauliche Maßnahmen und ihre Folgen. Von den ungünstigen Wasserverhältnissen im Tal der Hunte (1766-2007). Göttinger Geographische Abhandlungen 118, Göttingen. Dissertation.

 

Other Publications

Bebermeier, W., Becker, F., Brumlich, M., Cordani, V., Eser, E., Lehnhard, E., Klinger, J., Meyer, M., Schmid, S. G., Schütt, B. (submitted): Innovation Eisen – wie die Technologie der Eisenverhüttung nach Europa kam. Antike Welt – Zeitschrift für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte, Sonderband Innovationen der Antike.

Berking, J., Schütt, B., Bebermeier, W., Schmid, S.G., 2017. Wasser, Gärten und Teiche in der Wüste. Spektrum der Wissenschaft – Spezial. Archäologie – Geschichte: Das Wissen der Antike. Wie der Mensch sich seine Welt aneignet. 4, 36-41.

Bebermeier, W., Schlütz, F., Goren, A., 2012. Ancient and modern landscape along the Qaracay and the Masavera valleys - first results. Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan. 41. 145-154.

Alexanian, N., Blaschta, D., Bebermeier, W., Ramisch, A., Schütt, B., Seidlmayer, J. S., 2010. The Necropolis of Dahshur. Seventh Excavation Report Autumn 2009 and Spring 2010. In: Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte.

Alexanian, N., Blaschta, D., Bebermeier, W., Ramisch, A., Schütt, B., Seidlmayer, J. S., 2009. The Necropolis of Dahshur. Sixth Excavation Report Spring 2009. In: Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte. Im Druck.

Bebermeier, W., Hoelzmann, P., Meyer, M., Schimpf, S., Schütt, B., Wetzel, M., 2009. Die Siedlungsgeschichte des Südharzvorlandes. In: Fundiert. Das Wissenschaftsmagazin der Freien Universität Berlin 01. 34-39.