David Moore (archaeologist)

David Moore is an American archaeologist and historian. He is best known for his work on the shipwreck Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge. He also served as project archeologist for the team that excavated the wreck of the slave ship, the Henrietta Marie. Moore is the nautical archaeology curator at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, North Carolina. He appeared in the documentary Real Pirates of the Caribbean, the "Pirates" episode of Biography and on the "Pirate Tech" episode of Modern Marvels.

Education

Moore attended East Carolina University where he received a master's degree in Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology in 1989.

Works

• "A General History of Blackbeard the Pirate, the Queen Anne's Revenge and the Adventure". In Tributaries, Volume VII, 1997. pp. 31–35. (North Carolina Maritime History Council)
• Site report: historical & archaeological investigations of the shipwreck Henrietta Marie (1997)
• Anatomy of a 17th century slave ship: historical and archaeological investigations of "The Henrietta Marie 1699". (1989)
• "Submerged Cultural Resources Associated with Blackbeard the Pirate." (1982)