Barbara Sophia Brilmayer Bakti, M.A. Geography

Research projects

• Palaeodrainage systems, hydroclimatic changes and traditional water use in Jordan (Initiative for Excellence II: Global Change and Globalization, Research group I: Water in sensitive regions – handling limited water resources in sensitive regions of the Near East (Egypt, Jordan), Project 3)
  (Ph.D. project)
• Reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental changes and their impact on Bronze Age cultures: A geoarchaeological research project in the Ida-Mountains, Central Crete

Research interests

• Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, coping with water shortages (hydrology), climate change
• GIS applications, remote sensing techniques, 3D visualizations (VNS)
• Mediterranean and Near East (Greece, Jordan)

Teaching

• Summer term 2010:
  Field course Crete: regional geographical excursion and field study (together with Prof. Dr. O. Bubenzer)

Publications

BRILMAYER BAKTI, B., SIART, C. (2010): Photorealistic landscape reconstructions – the example of Minoan Zominthos (Crete): A case study from Digital Geoarchaeology. In: Mächtle, B., Dippon, P., Nüsser, M., Siegmund, A. (eds.): RandRäume – die Welt von den Rändern her denken. HGG-Journal 23. Heidelberg, in press.(in German)

SIART, C., BRILMAYER BAKTI, B., EITEL, B. (2010): Digital Geoarchaeology – an approach to reconstructing ancient landscapes at the human-environmental interface. Proceedings of the second SCCH conference 2009, submitted.

SIART, C., HECHT, S., BRILMAYER BAKTI, B., HOLZHAUER, I. (2010): Analysis and 3D visualisation of Mediterranean subsurface karst features based on tomographic mapping (Zominthos, Central Crete). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, submitted.

BRILMAYER BAKTI, B. (2009): Three dimensional landscape visualization with VNS – a contribution to the geomorphological-geoarchaeological reconstruction of the landscape evolution around Zominthos, Central Crete. Unpublished Master Thesis, Heidelberg University. (in German)

Poster Presentations

Barbara Brilmayer Bakti, Christoph Siart, Olaf Bubenzer, Stefan Hecht, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Bernhard Eitel: Photorealistic 3D visualisations in Geoarchaeology: Reconstruction of the landscape development around the Minoan settlement of Zominthos (central Crete). Arbeitskreis Geoarchäologie – Jahrestagung 2010, Frankfurt, 13.-16. Mai 2010

Barbara Brilmayer Bakti, Olaf Bubenzer, Arwa Hamaideh: Traditional water use and future water shortage: the re-use potential of the “Roman Wells“ of the Karak plateau, Jordan. Arbeitskreis Geoarchäologie – Jahrestagung 2011, Heidelberg, 6.-8. Mai 2011

Presentations

Traditional water use in Jordan and its potential for future water stress mitigation – the case study of the “Roman Wells” of the northern Karak plateau, Jordan. Marsilius Autumn School “Bridging the water gap – interdisciplinary perspectives”, Heidelberg, 9.-17. November 2010