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
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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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Excavations at Anundshög, Sweden
Jonsson, K., Bäck, M., Lindeberg, M. & Sanmark, A.
1/03/17 → …
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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TAP: HERA JRP - The Assembly Project, Meeting Places in Northern Europe AD 400-1500
Sanmark, A., Semple, S., Iversen, F. & Mehler, N.
1/06/10 → 1/11/13
Project: Research
Research Output
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Viking and Norse Heritage Tourism in Scotland
Timoney, S. & Sanmark, A., 16 Jan 2020, 23 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open AccessFile41 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
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‘Ting sites’ in Scandinavia and Orkney’
Sanmark, A., 19 Mar 2020, 1 p. Kirkwall : The Orcadian.Research output: Other contribution
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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)
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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
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Scotland's mysterious Picts and Iceland's Saga Vikings: How Sources and Contexts Shape Research Agendas
Sanmark, A., 14 Jun 2019, In : META . 2019, p. 107-118 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The Norse Waterways of West Mainland Orkney, Scotland
Bates, R., Bates, M., Crawford, B. & Sanmark, A., 24 Jun 2019, 28 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Prizes
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Fellow of The Royal Historical Society
Sanmark, Alexandra (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Election to learned society
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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Performative aspects of Norse cult sites
Alexandra Sanmark (Speaker)
Jul 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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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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Ancient Viking waterway discovered in Orkney
4/08/20 → 5/08/20
20 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Medieval Place Names Offer Clues to Viking Waterway
5/08/20
1 item 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
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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
Thesis
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Runic writing in Orkney: expression of a Norse identity?
Author: Freund, A., 26 Feb 2020Supervisor: Sanmark, A. (Supervisor) & Brink, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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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 Impacts