Dr. Simon M. Halama, M. A.
Program Coordinator
Digital Cultural Heritage Studies
Program Coordinator for MA Digital Cultural Heritage
Office address:
Akademiestraße 7
Room 321
Program Coordinator
Digital Cultural Heritage Studies
Program Coordinator for MA Digital Cultural Heritage
Office address:
Akademiestraße 7
Room 321
As program coordinator Simon M. Halama is currently mainly occupied with the process of developing curricula for new degree programs at the institute and with the related administrative processes.
Originally, he is an archaeologist specialising in the Ancient Near East. He is directing field research projects in Turkey and Jordan and has been participating in excavations in Turkey, Syria, France and Germany before that. His main research interests revolve around architecture and urbanism and the social organisation in Ancient Near Eastern societies.
Apart from that, he is also interested in university didactics and academic writing and is an associated member of the LMU Writing Center.
The Wadi Rajib Archaeological Project explores the Cultural Heritage of Wadi Rajib in the Ajlun Mountains of northern Jordan. It has investigated and documented about a hundred of archaeological sites since 2021. The results have considerably changed our knowledge and understanding of settlement history in the region and of human interaction with the landscape.
This project brought together students of archaeology from The University of Jordan in Amman and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München to work on topics about the archaeology of Jordan and write short academic papers on them in order to promote the participants’ skills in writing academic texts in English. It was conducted as a joint project of the two cooperating universities and the Writing Center of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Sirkeli Höyük, one of the largest ancient sites in the plain of Cilicia in souther Turkey, is located at the Ceyhan river. The "Outer Town" of Sirkeli Höyük is located directly opposite the main mound on the other side of the river. It has been investigated by means of archaeological surface survey and geophysical prospection. This revealed a settlement history different from the one of the main mound as well as patterns of the layout and functional use of the settlement. The results are in preparation for being published.
2018
2011
In preparation
2025
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2023
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