dr. J.H.M. (Hans) Peeters

Hans Peeters (1963) is Associate Professor at the Groningen Institute of Archaeology, where he teaches the archaeology of hunter-gatherers, geoarchaeology, material culture studies, as well as societal aspects of archaeology. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Amsterdam (2007) for his study on Mesolithic-Neolithic land-use dynamics and innovative approach to heritage management issues in the Dutch Flevoland polders. Prior to his appointment at the University of Groningen, he first worked as a specialist in lithic technology at the National Heritage Agency (Amersfoort). As of 1995, Peeters directed several projects and research teams in his function as a project leader/senior archaeologists at the National Heritage Agency. In the context of the excavations at Almere-Hoge Vaart and Urk-E4 (Mesolithic-Neolithic), as well as in the Zuidelijk Flevoland Project (landscape archaeology), he has directed research teams consisting of 4 to 20 specialists from various disciplines (archaeology, earth sciences, biological sciences). Furthermore he co-ordinated an international working group that focused at the development of the North Sea Prehistory Research and Management Framework (NSPRMF), published in 2009 and updated in 2019. He was the principal applicant of the project Unlocking North Holland's Late Neolithic Treasure Chest: Single Grave Culture behavioural variability in a tidal environment. He is currently involved in the NWO-funded project EDAN (the Emergence of Domesticated Animals in the Netherlands), and is PI of the NWO funded project Resurfacing Doggerland.

Supervision of Ph.D. candidates:

1. Advisor for Ms. S. Merlo on 3D GIS data modelling (dissertation defense 2010, University of Cambridge; supervisor: Prof. C. Shell).
2. Co-supervisor of Ms. M. Brouwer on the modelling of hunter-gatherer land-use dynamics in riverine environments in the Netherlands (dissertation defense 2011, Michigan State University; supervisor: Prof. W.A. Lovis).
3. Co-supervisor of Mrs. I. DeVriendt on Swifterbant lithic technology (dissertation defense 2013, University of Groningen, supervisor: Prof. D.C.M. Raemaekers).
4. Co-supervisor of Mr. G. Nobles on spatial analysis of Late Neolithic sites in North Holland (dissertation defense 2016, University of Groningen, supervisor: Prof. D.C.M. Raemaekers).
5. Co-supervisor of Mrs. I. Woltinge on hidden Prehistoric archaeology in the Netherlands (University of Groningen, supervisor: Prof. D.C.M. Raemaekers).
6. Supervisor of Mrs. M. Dreshaj on statistical chronological modelling and geoarcheology of early animal husbandry in the Netherlands (University of Groningen, co-supervisor Dr M. Dee).
7. Supervisor of Mr. P. Hoebe on big-data analysis of chronological data in relation to climate change during the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in NW Europe (University of Groningen, co-supervisor Dr S. Arnoldussen).
8. Supervisor (with Prof. A.L. van Gijn) of Mrs. Merel Spithoven on human-red deer relationships and bone/antler tool biographies during the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in NW Europe/Doggerland (University of Groningen/Leiden University).