Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
Viking Age administrative organisation and assembly sites
Christianisation
Viking Pre-Christian religion
Landscape Archaeology
Teaching expertise
The Viking Age across Europe
The Archaeology of Orkney and Shetland
The History of Orkney and Shetland
Viking Age religion
Christianisation
Medieval Scandinavia and Iceland
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The Christianisation of Scandinavia, University College London
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Master of Arts, The English Influence on Swedish Parish Formation, University College London
Award Date: 1 Jan 1997
Bachelor of Arts, The Marriage of Ingeborg of Denmark and Philip Augustus of France, Queen Mary University of London
Award Date: 1 Jan 1996
External positions
Docent (Honorary Reader), University of Uppsala
2012 → …
Keywords
- CC Archaeology
- Viking
- Landscape Archaeology
- Norse
- Scandinavia
- Scotland
- Assembly
- D111 Medieval History
- Scotland
- Scandinavia
- Norse
- Viking
- Assembly
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Cultural Heritage Assessment for the Museum of Rapid Transition, Cateran Ecomuseum (Phase I)
Lee, D., Timoney, S., Sanmark, A. & Begg, C.
1/05/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Consultancy
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Excavations at Anundshög, Sweden
Jonsson, K., Bäck, M., Lindeberg, M. & Sanmark, A.
1/03/17 → …
Project: Research
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Places of Royal Power and Ritual in Early Medieval Scotland and Europe
Sanmark, A. & Hall, M.
31/03/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Waterways in the West Mainland of Orkney: a pilot study
Bates, R., Crawford, B. & Sanmark, A.
1/04/18 → 1/04/19
Project: Research
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Research output
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Tingsplatsen vid Anundshög: RAPPORT DEL 4
Translated title of the contribution :The thing site at Anundshög: Report 4 Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Cultural Heritage Assessment for the Museum of Rapid Transition, Cateran Ecomuseum (Phase I)
Lee, D., Sanmark, A. & Timoney, S., 30 Sep 2022, 67 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Thing-sites and the Political Landscape in the North
Sanmark, A., 2022, The Viking Age in Scotland: Studies in Scottish Scandinavian Archaeology. Horne, T., Pierce, E. & Barrowman, R. (eds.). Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Tingsplatsen vid Anundshög: del 3: Härdar kring kultplatsområdet
Translated title of the contribution :The Assembly Site at Anundshög: part 3: Hearths around the Cult Site Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Legal Space in Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Scandinavia
Sanmark, A., Oct 2020, "Rechtsräume": Historische und archäologische Annäherungen : Studien zur Europäischen Rechtsgeschichte. Ehlers, C. & Grewe, H. (eds.). Vittorio Klostermann, Vol. 4. p. 281-300 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Negotiating the North: Meeting Places in The Middle Ages in The North Sea Zone
Sanmark, A., Semple, S., Mehler, N. & Iversen, F., 2020, London : Routledge. 370 p. (Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series )Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Pictish Heritage Tourism in Scotland
Sanmark, A. & Timoney, S., Dec 2020, University of the Highlands and Islands. 28 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open AccessFile25 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Fellow of The Royal Historical Society
Sanmark, Alexandra (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Election to learned society
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Activities
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The fourth St Magnus conference
Alexandra Sanmark (Organiser)
16 Apr 2018 → 18 Apr 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Brepols Publishers (Publisher)
Alexandra Sanmark (Editor)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Performative aspects of Norse cult sites
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Jul 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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The third St Magnus conference
Alexandra Sanmark (Organiser)
14 Apr 2016 → 16 Apr 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Royal ritual circuits in Scandinavia
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Sep 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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'Sites of power and assembly in the Thames Valley in the middle ages', Æthelred II and Cnut the Great
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Jul 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Being Human film and discussion, Pathfinders (1987)
Alexandra Sanmark (Member)
Nov 2016Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
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Royal Academy of Engineering: Cross-Academy Funding Awarded to Eight Interdisciplinary Research Projects
1/09/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Cross-academy funding awarded to eight interdisciplinary research projects
31/08/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Here, a mysterious monument at Anundshög is examined: "It's exciting"
11/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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If your name is on this list, you’re probably a descendant of the Vikings
2/01/21 → 3/01/21
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Revealed: The Viking mystery of inland maritime place names
4/08/20 → 5/08/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
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Kirkwall Township Heritage Initiative Viking Walk
Ragnhild Ljosland (Participant), Alexandra Sanmark (Participant), Donna Heddle (Participant), Victoria Whitworth (Participant), Crawford Barbara (Participant), Olwyn Owen (Participant), James Barrett (Participant) & Christopher Gee (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impacts