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
Master of Arts, University College London
Bachelor of Arts, Queen Mary University of London
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 2010 2017
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.
Project: Research
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 2001 2019
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)
Government
Conflict Resolution
Viking Age
Written Sources
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
Medieval Period
Monographs
Viking
North Atlantic
Scandinavia
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
Open Access
Sagas
Picts
Research Agenda
Iceland
Icelandic
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
place name
farm
river channel
vessel
wetland
Theory and Methodology for Assembly Site Identification and Analysis
Sanmark, A., 19 Aug 2019, In : Retrospective Methods Network Newsletter. 14, p. 17-24 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
methodology
poetry
Law
evidence
Prizes
Reader
Archaeology
Fellow of The Royal Historical Society
Alexandra Sanmark (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities 1997 2018
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
Being Human film and discussion, Pathfinders (1987)
Alexandra Sanmark (Member)Nov 2016
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
Lasers to analyse Pictish rune stones in Scotland
19/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Lasers are turned on Pictish stones by Swedish scientists
19/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
PICTISH MONUMENTS SCANNED TO ESTABLISH POWER OF MEDIEVAL WRITING
18/10/19
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Swedish scientists laser scan Pictish stones in Scotland
18/10/19
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