Dr. Christian Sommer

A complete list can be found at https://www.zotero.org/sommergeo

Kandel, A. W., Sommer, C., Kanaeva, Z., Bolus, M., Bruch, A. A., Groth, C., Haidle, M. N., Hertler, C., Heß, J., Malina, M., Märker, M., Hochschild, V., Mosbrugger, V., Schrenk, F., & Conard, N. J. (2023). The ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD): A large-scale research database serves as an indispensable tool for human evolutionary studies. PLOS ONE, 18(8), e0289513. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289513

Fischer, L. M., Sommer, C., & Fitzsimmons, K. E. (2023). An open-source GIS approach to understanding dunefield morphologic variability at Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre), Central Australia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11(1196244). https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1196244

Dapschauskas, R., Göden, M. B., Sommer, C., & Kandel, A. W. (2022). The Emergence of Habitual Ochre Use in Africa and its Significance for The Development of Ritual Behavior During The Middle Stone Age. Journal of World Prehistory, 35(3), 233–319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-022-09170-2

Omran, A., Schröder, D., Sommer, C., Hochschild, V., & Märker, M. (2022). A GIS-based simulation and visualization tool for the assessment of gully erosion processes. Journal of Spatial Science, 0(0), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14498596.2022.2133020

Kandel, A. W., Haidle, M. N., & Sommer, C. (Eds.). (2022). Human Origins – Digital Future: An International Conference about the Future of Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Databases. Propylaeum. https://doi.org/10.11588/PROPYLAEUM.882

Sommer, C., Kandel, A. W., & Hochschild, V. (2022). The use of prehistoric ‘big data’ for mapping early human cultural networks. Journal of Maps, 18(4), 674–685. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2118628

Will, M., Bader, G. D., Sommer, C., Cooper, A., & Green, A. (2022). Coastal adaptations on the eastern seaboard of South Africa during the Pleistocene and Holocene? Current evidence and future perspectives from archaeology and marine geology. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10(964423). https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.964423

Bader, G. D., Sommer, C., Conard, N. J., & Wadley, L. (2022). The final MSA of eastern South Africa: A comparative study between Umbeli Belli and Sibhudu. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 57(2), 197–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2022.2078553

Rodríguez, J., Willmes, C., Sommer, C., & Mateos, A. (2022). Sustainable human population density in Western Europe between 560.000 and 360.000 years ago. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10642-w

Zakerinejad, R., Sommer, C., Hochschild, V., & Maerker, M. (2021). Spatial Distribution of Water Erosion Using Stochastic Modeling in the Southern Isfahan Province, Iran. Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, 44(2), 183–196. https://doi.org/10.4461/GFDQ.2021.44.14

Hochschild, V., Braun, A., Sommer, C., Warth, G., & Omran, A. (2021). Visualizing Landscapes by Geospatial Techniques. In D. Edler, C. Jenal, & O. Kühne (Eds.), Modern Approaches to the Visualization of Landscapes (pp. 47–78). Springer Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30956-5_4

Sommer, C., Braun, A., Hanold, M., Rosner, H.-J., & Hochschild, V. (2020). A Mobile Application to Visualize Historic Land Use along Hiking Trails in Southern Germany. GI_Forum 2020, 8(2), 45–54. https://doi.org/10.1553/giscience2020_02_s45

Haidle, M. N., Bolus, M., Bruch, A. A., Hertler, C., Hochschild, V., Kanaeva, Z., Sommer, C., & Kandel, A. W. (2020). Human Origins—Digital Future, an international conference about the future of archeological and paleoanthropological databases. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 29(6), 289–292. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21870

Bosino, A., Bernini, A., Botha, G. A., Bonacina, G., Pellegrini, L., Omran, A., Hochschild, V., Sommer, C., & Maerker, M. (2020). Geomorphology of the upper Mkhomazi River basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with emphasis on late Pleistocene colluvial deposits. Journal of Maps, 0(0), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1790435

Maerker, M., Schillaci, C., Melis, R. T., Kropáček, J., Bosino, A., Vilímek, V., Hochschild, V., Sommer, C., Altamura, F., & Mussi, M. (2019). Geomorphological processes, forms and features in the surroundings of the Melka Kunture Palaeolithic site, Ethiopia. Journal of Maps, 15(2), 797–806. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1669497

Kanaeva, Z., Hochschild, V., Märker, M., & Sommer, C. (2018). Digital Data and Tools in Archaeology: The ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD). GI_Forum 2018, 6(2), 3–12. https://doi.org/10.1553/giscience2018_02_s3

Axen, S. D., Gessner, A., Sommer, C., Weitzel, N., & Tejero-Cantero, Á. (2022). Spatiotemporal modeling of European paleoclimate using doubly sparse Gaussian processes (arXiv:2211.08160). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2211.08160

Omran, A., Schröder, D., Sommer, C., Hochschild, V., & Maerker, M. (2022). A GIS-based Simulation and Visualization Tool for the Assessment of Gully Erosion Processes. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1751074/v1

2023/07 | 21st Conference of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Rome, IT.

2023/07 | FPCUP Summer-School and Workshop "Copernicus for Cultural Heritage", German Aeorospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, DE. Poster

2023/04 | 50th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Amsterdam, NL. Presentation

2022/08 | 49th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Oxford, UK. Presentation

2022/06 | Joint conference by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (DGUF) and NFDI4Objects, Franfurt/Main, DE. Presentation

2022/05 | ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, DE. Presentation

2021/11 | Mid European Geomorphology Meeting (MGM 2021), Munich, DE. Presentation

2021/10 | EUROPEANS Workshop "Simulating Human Behavior - Targeted design of agent‐based models", virtual. Presentation

2021/07 | 48th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), virtual. Presentation

2020/10 | Workshop of the Academies' Union, "Fair & Co", virtual. Presentation

2020/06 |  ROCEEH Conference "Human Origins – Digital Future: An International Conference about the Future of Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Databases", virtual. Presentation, Proceedings, Article

2020/05 | EGU Generaly Assembly 2020, virtual. Presentation

2019/04 | 47th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Kraków, PL.

2019/01 | The 22nd conference of the Southern African Society of Quaternary Research (SASQUA), Mossel Bay, ZA.

2018/06 | Symposium for Geographic Information Science (GI_FORUM), Special Session on Digital Humanities, Salzburg, AT.

2018/03 | 46th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Tübingen, DE.

2016/09 | Modelling Environmental Dynamics and Hominin Dispersals Around the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution (METHOD), Sassari, IT.

2016/09 | Jahrestagung der Arbeitskreise „Fernerkundung“ (DGfG) und „Auswertung von Fernerkundungsdaten“ (DGPF), Halle/Saale, DE.

2013-2019 | AGIT Symposium & GI_Forum, Salzburg, AT.

Sommer, C., & Axen, S. D. (2023). Building a consensus model of paleoclimate with machine learning. ROCEEH Newsletter, 22, 8–9. https://www.hadw-bw.de/sites/default/files/documents/Newsletter%20ROCEEH%2022_2023.pdf

Sommer, C., Kandel, A. W., & Hochschild, V. (2022). Mapping a macroscale image of prehistoric cultural networks. ROCEEH Newsletter, 21, 2–3. https://www.hadw-bw.de/sites/default/files/documents/Newsletter_ROCEEH%2021_2022.pdf

Sommer, C. (2021). The evolution of the landscape surrounding Sibhudu Cave – and its implications for early occupants. ROCEEH Newsletter, 19, 2–4. https://www.hadw-bw.de/sites/default/files/documents/Newsletter%20ROCEEH%2019_2021.pdf

Sommer, C. (2019). Geomorphological field campaign in KwaZulu-Natal (RSA) in spring 2018. ROCEEH Newsletter, 15, 5–6. https://www.hadw-bw.de/sites/default/files/documents/Newsletter%20ROCEEH%2015-2019.pdf