CV Dr. Tilman Lenssen-Erz

Born on August 5, 1955, in Hamburg

Married to Marie-Theres Erz, two children

Attended school in Bernkastel-Kues/Mosel from 1961 to 1976

Education

1977–1982	University of Marburg Major: African Studies Minors: Prehistory and Early History History of Religion Degree: Master of Arts 1982; Thesis topic: “Studies on the Verb in Kwang (Chad)” (Phonology)
1997	University of Frankfurt Doctorate in Prehistory and Early History; Dissertation topic: “Community – Equality – Mobility. Rock art in Brandberg, Namibia, and its significance. Foundations of a textual rock art archaeology.”

Professional experiance

1982–1985	Employee and local excavation director on various archaeological excavations in Germany, Tunisia, Egypt
1986–05/2021	Research assistant and head of rock art research at the Africa Research Center at the Institute for Prehistory and Early History at the University of Cologne
ab 06/2021	Voluntary management and supervision of the research data management projects Entangled Africa (together with Prof. Dr. Oyvind Eide), Indigenous Knowledge and Archaeoinformatics (together with Prof. Dr. Eleftheria Paliou), and Modeling Prehistoric Hunting Behavior (together with Prof. Dr. Eleftheria Paliou).