Welcome to my blog PRAEHIST 3D! I am an archaeologist and 3D generalist, specializing in 3D scanning, printing and visualization. Since 2015, I have been dedicated to digitizing archaeological finds, findings and excavation sites in order to make them accessible for research, archiving and exhibitions.

Since 2015, I have been digitizing finds, findings, excavation sites and other objects for research, archiving and use in exhibitions. The focus of my work is on archaeological objects, but I scan “almost” everything.
Thanks to my many years of experience in additive manufacturing, 3D prints of scans or reconstructions can be produced quickly on request. Of course, I also offer workshops on creating 3D models or using scanning techniques or 3D printers.
The projects and objects shown here are only a small selection of my work. Unfortunately, many projects are riddled with uncertainty as to how/if the objects can be published online.
Topics
- 3D print (9)
- 3D-scan (36)
- architecture (2)
- excavation (8)
- forensics (3)
- Fossils (2)
- guestpost (1)
- museum (5)
- podcast (1)
- publication (1)
- reconstruction (18)
- short (17)
- tutorial (5)
- workshop (1)
Current articles:
- 3D scans of wooden objectsThe documentation of wood finds on excavations is always a race against time. As soon as the wood finds are uncovered from their sealed environment, they react with our oxygen-rich atmosphere and begin their decay process. There are various ways of slowing down these processes. Immersion baths, oxygen-sealed storage or stabilization with preservatives are the…
- SHORT Post – components of a Bronze Age house animationTraces in the ground are usually the only remains of prehistoric buildings. For the most part, only traces of the former posts or their holes and ditches of varying depth have survived. These can be categorized according to their nature (diameter, depth, content, etc.) and assigned to different structural elements of the former building. This…
- 3D scans for better profile picturesOn excavations, 3D scans can be used for better profile images and enable perfect distortion-free profile images in a short time. This Agisoft Metashape workflow describes how you can achieve this yourself.
- 3D scan of an Egyptian sculptor’s modelThis bird sculpture model was digitized by us in 2019 in the course of the KunstModell exhibition of the Museum-August-Kestner and the RP-Museum Hildesheim. The fine surface details come into their own in the changing lighting and show the sculptor’s skill.
- 3D Scan – Lichterstein from BrandenburgThe 34 cm diameter plate probably originally had 8 bowls into which oil or tallow and a wick each could be filled and served as a safe candlestick. The 3D scan was carried out in the city archaeology department with the kind permission of the archaeologists there.
Are you interested in 3D scans, prints, reconstructions, workshops or questions?