Projects per year
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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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Alternative Facts and Plausible Fictions in the Northern European Past: How Politics and Culture Have Written and Rewritten History
Plumb, O. (ed.) & Sanmark, A. (ed.), 16 Aug 2024, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. 192 p. (North Atlantic World)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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An Examination of the Concepts of Sex and Gender and their Application to Viking-Age and Old Norse Society
Sanmark, A., 1 Jan 2024, Women of the Past, Issues for the Present. . Koefoed, N. J. & Raja, R. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, p. 83-98 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Baliasta and Stembelshoull: two thing sites in the island of Unst
Sanmark, A., 27 Sept 2024, History Maker: Essays in honour of Brian Smith . Smith, M. & Tate, I. (eds.). 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Fieldwork Report and Post-Excavation Research Design: Bay of Laig, Isle of Eigg, September 2022
Sanmark, A., Kalmring, S., Wilken, D., Lu, E., McLeod, S. & Jennings, A., 27 Mar 2024, 39 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Introduction to Alternative Facts and Plausible Fictions in the Northern European Past
Plumb, O. & Sanmark, A., 14 Aug 2024, Alternative Facts and Plausible Fictions in the Northern European Past: How Politics and Culture Have Written and Rewritten History . Plumb, O. & Sanmark, A. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, Vol. The North Atlantic World, vol. 8 . p. 9-15 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Law and Assembly in the Viking Age
Sanmark, A., 30 Jun 2024, Una vida vikinga. Un ha vida viquinga. A viking life.. García Losquino, I. (ed.). Santiago de Compostela, p. 267-269 3 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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Royal ritual circuits in Scandinavia
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Sept 2016Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Being Human film and discussion, Pathfinders (1987)
Alexandra Sanmark (Member)
Nov 2016Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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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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Performative aspects of Norse cult sites
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Jul 2016Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Oral presentation
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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
Press/Media
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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
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Lost Viking waterway found in Orkney revealing Norse impact on local economy
5/08/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Lost Viking canal running across mainland Orkney which connected the North Atlantic and Scapa Flow 1,000 years ago is revealed
4/08/20
9 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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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