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Peter Moe Astrup

About

Peter Moe Astrup is a Danish maritime archaeologist and PhD, based at Moesgaard Museum as curator of underwater archaeology and at Aarhus University as honorary associate professor. He specialises in submerged Stone Age landscapes, modelling former coastlines to pinpoint archaeological hotspots on the seabed. Over more than a decade he has led research excavations at underwater sites along the Danish coasts, and he now serves as a principal investigator on SUBNORDICA, a €13 million EU-funded project mapping lost Mesolithic settlements across the North Sea and Baltic.

€13M
EU budget for the SUBNORDICA project
6
years duration of the SUBNORDICA project
~40m²
excavation area at the Stone Age settlement in Aarhus Bay
8,500
years old: age of the excavated coastal settlement

What's new

  • 2026-04

    As part of the SUBNORDICA project, 40 recreational divers assisted Moesgaard Museum in April 2026 with a systematic mapping of the seabed for sunken Stone Age settlements.

  • 2025-08

    Excavations in Aarhus Bay in August 2025 revealed an 8,500-year-old Stone Age settlement directly at the old coastline - a discovery that received international media attention.

  • 2025-08

    The team found well-preserved organic materials at the settlement, including animal bones, stone tools, arrowheads, a seal tooth, and worked wood.

  • 2024-12

    Peter Moe Astrup was co-author of an article on prehistoric fishing methods in Syltholm Fjord, published in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society in December 2024.

  • 2024-08

    An article with Astrup as co-author on Mesolithic diet and plant food was published in Environmental Archaeology in August 2024.

Tracks

SUBNORDICAEU Synergy Grant project (€13M) on submerged prehistoric landscapes in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, with Astrup as principal investigator
Stenalderbopladsen i Aarhusbugten8,500-year-old coastal settlement found on the seabed near Aarhus, excavated 2025 - international media hit
Fishing with Stationary Wooden Structures in Stone Age DenmarkScientific article on prehistoric fishing methods at Syltholm Fjord, based on excavations 2012-2022
Sea-level Changes in Mesolithic Southern ScandinaviaPh.D. dissertation (2015) on sea level changes and their consequences for Mesolithic societies in South Scandinavia

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

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