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
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University College London
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Master of Arts, University College London
Award Date: 1 Jan 1997
Bachelor of Arts, 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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Projects
Places of Royal Power and Ritual in Early Medieval Scotland and Europe
Sanmark, A. & Hall, M.
31/03/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
Excavations at Anundshög, Sweden
Jonsson, K., Bäck, M., Lindeberg, M. & Sanmark, A.
1/03/17 → …
Project: Research
Waterways in the West Mainland of Orkney: a pilot study
Bates, R., Crawford, B. & Sanmark, A.
1/04/18 → 1/04/19
Project: Research
Research Output
Viking and Norse Heritage Tourism in Scotland
Timoney, S. & Sanmark, A., 16 Jan 2020, 23 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open Access
File
30
Downloads
(Pure)
What is North? Imagining and Representing the North from Ancient Times to the Present Day
Plumb, O. (ed.), Sanmark, A. (ed.), Heddle, D. (ed.) & Heddle, D., 28 Feb 2020, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. (The North Atlantic World)Research output: Book/Report › Book
‘Ting sites’ in Scandinavia and Orkney’
Sanmark, A., 19 Mar 2020, 1 p. Kirkwall : The Orcadian.Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
File
18
Downloads
(Pure)
Assembly Organisation in the Longue Durée: The Scandinavian Thing Institution in its European Context
Sanmark, A., 24 May 2019, Quaestiones Medii Aevi Novae. Warsaw: Societas Vistulana, Vol. 23. p. 151-173 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Monograph announcement: Viking Law and Order: Places and Rituals of Assembly in the Medieval North
Sanmark, A., 19 Aug 2019, In : Retrospective Methods Network Newsletter. 14, p. 173-175 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Prizes
Fellow of The Royal Historical Society
Sanmark, Alexandra (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
The fourth St Magnus conference
Alexandra Sanmark (Organiser)
16 Apr 2018 → 18 Apr 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Brepols Publishers (Publisher)
Alexandra Sanmark (Editorial board member)
2017 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
The third St Magnus conference
Alexandra Sanmark (Organiser)
14 Apr 2016 → 16 Apr 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Performative aspects of Norse cult sites
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Jul 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Royal ritual circuits in Scandinavia
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Sep 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press / Media
Ancient Viking waterway discovered in Orkney
4/08/20 → 5/08/20
20 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Revealed: The Viking mystery of inland maritime place names
4/08/20 → 5/08/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Medieval Place Names Offer Clues to Viking Waterway
5/08/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Lost Viking waterway found in Orkney revealing Norse impact on local economy
5/08/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
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