Dr. Lasse Vilien Sørensen

Lasse Vilien Sørensen is a senior researcher at The National Museum of Denmark, with over 25 years of expertise in European prehistoric archaeology. His work spans interdisciplinary research on Late Paleolithic-Mesolithic settlements and burials in Northern Europe, the spread of agriculture in Scandinavia, and the exploitation of rare raw materials in the Aegean.

From 2017 to 2022, Lasse served as Head of Research and Collections in the Department of Ancient Cultures of Denmark and the Mediterranean at the National Museum of Denmark. His recent initiatives include the “Jade Odyssey Project,” which focuses on surveying jadeitite quarries in the Eastern Mediterranean region, as well as advanced studies on Mesolithic sites and burials, and research on the Neolithisation processes in Scandinavia.