Gero Steffens

Dipl.-Ing. Gero Steffens is a researcher in the Department of Mining Archaeology at Deutschen Bergbau-Museum Bochum since 1996. His work focuses on 3D cavity measurement, device development for cavity imaging, and multimedia knowledge transfer in archaeology. He studied General Surveying and Mining/Engineering Surveying at Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola zu Bochum (1990-1994).

• Research areas: Mining archaeology, digital methods in archaeology, geospatial analysis.
• Key projects: Modeling historical iron mining sites, archaeoinformatics, 3D visualization of subterranean spaces.

The trends in his publications (2013-2017) highlight applications of 3D scanning and multimedia documentation to preserve mining heritage, interdisciplinary studies combining archaeology and paleontology, and digital reconstruction of underground cavities. His work bridges technological innovation with historical preservation in mining archaeology.

Steffens contributes to the museum's research teams in archaeometallurgy, mining history, and computational archaeology. His email is gero.steffens@bergbaumuseum.de.