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Visit my profile in ORCID<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb text_text_color=\u00bb#FFFFFF\u00bb link_text_color=\u00bb#FFFFFF\u00bb]<\/p>\n Visit my profile in Academia<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\u00bb1″ _builder_version=\u00bb3.22″][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00bb1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bb31764ba4-90e2-4e46-af3e-398a5417530b\u00bb background_size=\u00bbinitial\u00bb background_position=\u00bbtop_left\u00bb background_repeat=\u00bbrepeat\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00bb1_2″ _builder_version=\u00bb3.25″ custom_padding=\u00bb|||\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00bb|||\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.3″ background_size=\u00bbinitial\u00bb background_position=\u00bbtop_left\u00bb background_repeat=\u00bbrepeat\u00bb]<\/p>\n Tilman held a Master degree in African Studies and a PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology. Since 1986 he headed rock art research at the African Archaeology at the University of Cologne where he compiled six double-volumed catalogues on the rock paintings of the Daureb\/Brandberg in Namibia.<\/p>\n He was head of many research expeditions in Namibia and Chad. His research always aimed at cooperation with and training of local communities for capacity building, particularly in Community Based Cultural Resource Management in Namibia and Botswana (with a focus on rock art).<\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00bb1_2″ _builder_version=\u00bb3.25″ custom_padding=\u00bb|||\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00bb|||\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.3″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb]<\/p>\n Since 2013 he combined archaeological research with indigenous knowledge. His research also focused on the context and the ecology of rock art. Since 2012 Tilman was head of the open online African Archaeology Archive Cologne<\/a>.<\/p>\n On 10 November 2023 we were deeply saddened to bid farewell to Tilman. We wish to honour his memory as a joyful, reliable scholar and a visionary scientist ahead of his time.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\u00bb1″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb custom_margin=\u00bb0px||0px||false|false\u00bb custom_padding=\u00bb0px||||false|false\u00bb border_color_left=\u00bb#EA5A01″][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb custom_css_main_element=\u00bbpadding-left: 20px;\u00bb border_width_left=\u00bb2px\u00bb border_color_left=\u00bb#EA5A01″][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb]<\/p>\n Tilman Lenssen-Erz & Marie-Theres Erz<\/strong> (2000) Brandberg \u2013 Der Bilderberg Namibias. Kunst und Geschichte einer Urlandschaft. Jan Thorbecke Verlag; Stuttgart.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb custom_margin=\u00bb0px||0px||false|false\u00bb custom_padding=\u00bb0px||||false|false\u00bb border_color_left=\u00bb#EA5A01″][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb custom_css_main_element=\u00bbpadding-left: 20px;\u00bb border_width_left=\u00bb2px\u00bb border_color_left=\u00bb#EA5A01″][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb]<\/p>\n Tilman Lenssen-Erz<\/strong> (2008) Space and Discourse as Constituents of Past Identities \u2013 the Case of Namibian Rock Art. In: In\u00e9s Domingo Sanz, Danae Fiore & Sally K. May (eds.) Archaeologies of Art: Time, Place, Identity. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek: 29-50.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb custom_margin=\u00bb0px||0px||false|false\u00bb custom_padding=\u00bb0px||||false|false\u00bb border_color_left=\u00bb#EA5A01″][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb custom_css_main_element=\u00bbpadding-left: 20px;\u00bb border_width_left=\u00bb2px\u00bb border_color_left=\u00bb#EA5A01″][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb]<\/p>\n Tilman Lenssen-Erz<\/strong> (2012) Rock Art in Context \u2013 theoretical aspects of pragmatic data collections. In: Ben Smith, Knut Helskog & David Morris (eds.), Working with Rock Art – Recording, Presenting and Understanding Rock Art Using Indigenous Knowledge. Wits University Press, Johannesburg: 47-58.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb custom_margin=\u00bb0px||0px||false|false\u00bb custom_padding=\u00bb0px||||false|false\u00bb border_color_left=\u00bb#EA5A01″][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb custom_css_main_element=\u00bbpadding-left: 20px;\u00bb border_width_left=\u00bb2px\u00bb border_color_left=\u00bb#EA5A01″][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.9.1″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb]<\/p>\n Oliver Vogels & Tilman Lenssen-Erz<\/strong> (2017) Beyond individual pleasure and rituality: social aspects of the musical bow in southern Africa\u2019s rock art. 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Since 1986 he heads rock art research at the African Archaeology at the University of Cologne where he has compiled six double-volumed catalogues on the rock paintings of the Daureb\/Brandberg in Namibia. He has been head of many research expeditions in Namibia and Chad. His research always aimed at cooperation with and training of local communities for capacity building, particularly in Community Based Cultural Resource Management in Namibia and Botswana (with a focus on rock art).\u00a0 Since 2013 he has combined archaeological research with indigenous knowledge. His research also focuses on the context and the ecology of rock art. Since 2012 Tilman is head of the open online African Archaeology Archive Cologne\u00a0 (https:\/\/arachne.dainst.org\/project\/afrarchcologne<\/a>).<\/p> Keywords: <\/strong>African archaeology; Daureb\/Brandberg; Namibia; Chad; context and ecology of rock art; indigenous knowledge.<\/p> Orcid:<\/strong> https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5871-8208<\/a>Academia:<\/strong> https:\/\/uni-koeln.academia.edu\/TilmanLenssenEr<\/a>\u00a0<\/p> Relevant publications<\/b><\/p> Tilman Lenssen-Erz & Marie-Theres Erz (2000) Brandberg \u2013 Der Bilderberg Namibias. <\/em>Kunst und Geschichte einer Urlandschaft<\/em>. Jan Thorbecke Verlag; Stuttgart.<\/p> Tilman Lenssen-Erz (2008) Space and Discourse as Constituents of Past Identities \u2013 the Case of Namibian Rock Art. In: In\u00e9s Domingo Sanz, Danae Fiore & Sally K. May (eds.) Archaeologies of Art: Time, Place, Identity<\/em>. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek: 29-50.<\/p> Tilman Lenssen-Erz (2012) Rock Art in Context \u2013 theoretical aspects of pragmatic data collections. In: Ben Smith, Knut Helskog & David Morris (eds.), Working with Rock Art - Recording, Presenting and Understanding Rock Art Using Indigenous Knowledge<\/em>. Wits University Press, Johannesburg: 47-58.<\/p> Oliver Vogels & Tilman Lenssen-Erz (2017) Beyond individual pleasure and rituality: social aspects of the musical bow in southern Africa\u2019s rock art. Rock Art Research<\/em> 34(1), 2017, 9\u201324.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"\nRELEVANT PUBLICATIONS<\/h2>\n
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