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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Collaborations from the last five years
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NaS: The Norse and the Sea: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of Scandinavian Scotland (NaS)
Sanmark, A., McLeod, S., Kalmring, S., Wilken, D., Lu, E. & Jennings, A.
1/02/22 → 9/05/25
Project: Research
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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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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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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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Research output
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Viking Law and Order: Places and Rituals of Assembly in the Medieval North
Sanmark, A., 30 Jul 2017, Edinburgh University Press. 320 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Tingsplatsen vid Anundshög: RAPPORT DEL 4
Sanmark, A., Jonsson, K., Lindeberg, M. & Bäck, M., 20 Jan 2023, 36 p.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 Sept 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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Tingets roll i det vikingatida samhället: en bakgrund till Eidsivatinget och Eidsiva lagtingområde
Sanmark, A., 30 Sept 2022, Eidsivatinget - Den norske tingtradisjonen gjennom 1000 år . Sunde, J. Ø. & Hatløy, B. T. (eds.). BokmålTranslated title of the contribution :The role of the Thing in Viking Age society: a background to the Eidsivatinget and Eidsiva legislative area Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Tingsplatsen vid Anundshög: del 3: Härdar kring kultplatsområdet
Bäck, M., Jonsson, K., Lindeberg, M. & Sanmark, A., Feb 2021, Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård. 40 p.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
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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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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'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 / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Oral presentation
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Royal ritual circuits in Scandinavia
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Sept 2016Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Performative aspects of Norse cult sites
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Jul 2016Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › 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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‘We build each other up’: Carpentry classes for and by women
28/09/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Women Take Center Stage in Antigovernment Protests Shaking Iran
26/09/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power
15/09/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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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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A maiden king? Dust and bones may reveal the true power of Viking women
7/07/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Viking travel routes to be mapped and studied in research project
28/12/21
1 item 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 or commercial Impacts