Negotiating the North. Meeting-Places in the Middle Ages in the North Sea Zone
(2020)
Book
Semple, S., Sanmark, A., Iversen, F., & Mehler, N. (2020). Negotiating the North. Meeting-Places in the Middle Ages in the North Sea Zone. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003045663
Outputs (38)
Necrogeography and necroscapes: living with the dead (2020)
Journal Article
Semple, S., & Brookes, S. (2020). Necrogeography and necroscapes: living with the dead. World Archaeology, 52(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2020.1779434
Theatres of Closure: Process and Performance in Inhumation Burial Rites in Early Medieval Britain (2020)
Journal Article
Harrington, S., Brookes, S., Semple, S., & Millard, A. (2020). Theatres of Closure: Process and Performance in Inhumation Burial Rites in Early Medieval Britain. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 30(3), 389-412. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774320000050Inhumation burials are recorded in Britain and Europe during excavations in a standardized way, especially graves of early medieval date. Just a limited number of attributes are usually foregrounded and these mainly concern skeletal identification, t... Read More about Theatres of Closure: Process and Performance in Inhumation Burial Rites in Early Medieval Britain.
Temporary Places, Gatherings and Assemblies: Editorial (2018)
Journal Article
Semple, S. (2018). Temporary Places, Gatherings and Assemblies: Editorial. World Archaeology, 50(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2018.1516722
Life on the Edge: Social, Political and Religious Frontiers in Medieval Europe (2017)
Book
Semple, S., Orsini, O., & Mui, S. (Eds.). (2017). Life on the Edge: Social, Political and Religious Frontiers in Medieval Europe. Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum
Power at the Edge: Yeavering, Northumberland, England (2017)
Book Chapter
Semple, S., Buchanan, B., Harrington, S., Oliver, D., & Petts, D. (2017). Power at the Edge: Yeavering, Northumberland, England. In S. Semple, C. Orsini, & S. Mui (Eds.), Life on the Edge: Social, Political and Religious Frontiers in Early Medieval Europe (91-112). Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum
At the Limits: Frontiers and Boundaries in Early Medieval Northern Europe (2017)
Book Chapter
Semple, S., Orsini, C., & Mui, S. (2017). At the Limits: Frontiers and Boundaries in Early Medieval Northern Europe. In S. Semple, C. Orsini, & S. Mui (Eds.), Life on the Edge: Social, Political and Religious Frontiers in Early Medieval Europe (7-25). Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum
Editorial (2017)
Journal Article
Semple, S., & Pettitt, P. (2017). Editorial. World Archaeology, 49(5), 569-573. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2017.1427843
Landmarks of the Dead: Exploring Anglo-Saxon Mortuary Geographies (2015)
Book Chapter
Semple, S., & Williams, H. (2015). Landmarks of the Dead: Exploring Anglo-Saxon Mortuary Geographies. In M. Clegg Hyer, & G. Owen-Crocker (Eds.), The material culture of the built environment in the Anglo-Saxon world (137-161). Liverpool University Press
The Pre-Christian Landscape in Anglo-Saxon England (2015)
Book Chapter
Semple, S. (2015). The Pre-Christian Landscape in Anglo-Saxon England. In C. Ruhmann, & V. Brieske (Eds.), Dying Gods - Religious beliefs in northern and eastern Europe in the time of Christianisation (101-110). Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum Hannover In Kommission bei Konrad Theiss Verlag
Assembly Mounds in the Danelaw: Place-name and Archaeological Evidence in the Historic Landscape (2015)
Journal Article
Skinner, A., & Semple, S. (2015). Assembly Mounds in the Danelaw: Place-name and Archaeological Evidence in the Historic Landscape. Journal of the North Atlantic, 8(sp8), 115-133. https://doi.org/10.3721/037.002.sp809The mound as a focus for early medieval assembly is found widely throughout Northern Europe in the first millennium AD. Some have argued such features are evidence of early practices situated around places of ancestral importance, others that an elit... Read More about Assembly Mounds in the Danelaw: Place-name and Archaeological Evidence in the Historic Landscape.
Wearmouth and Jarrow: Northumbrian Monasteries in an Historic Landscape (2013)
Book
Turner, S., Semple, S., & Turner, A. (2013). Wearmouth and Jarrow: Northumbrian Monasteries in an Historic Landscape. University of Hertfordshire PressThe Anglo-Saxon monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow were amongst the most sophisticated centres of learning and artistic culture in seventh- and eighth-century Europe. As home to the great scholar Bede, their intellectual legacy was felt throughout t... Read More about Wearmouth and Jarrow: Northumbrian Monasteries in an Historic Landscape.
Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual and Rulership in the Landscape (2013)
Book
Semple, S. (2013). Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual and Rulership in the Landscape. Oxford University PressPerceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the perio... Read More about Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual and Rulership in the Landscape.
Assembly in North West Europe: collective concerns for early societies? (2013)
Journal Article
Semple, S., & Sanmark, A. (2013). Assembly in North West Europe: collective concerns for early societies?. European Journal of Archaeology, 16(3), 518-542. https://doi.org/10.1179/1461957113y.0000000035
Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England (2012)
Book
Jones, R., & Semple, S. (Eds.). (2012). Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England. Shaun Tyas
Making Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England (2012)
Book Chapter
Jones, R., & Semple, S. (2012). Making Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England. In R. Jones, & S. Semple (Eds.), Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England (1-17). Shaun Tyas
Digging for names: archeology and place-names in the Avebury Region (2012)
Book Chapter
Reynolds, A., & Semple, S. (2012). Digging for names: archeology and place-names in the Avebury Region. In R. Jones, & S. Semple (Eds.), Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England (76-100). Shaun Tyas
Sacred Spaces and Places in Pre-Christian and Conversion Period Anglo-Saxon England (2011)
Book Chapter
Semple, S. (2011). Sacred Spaces and Places in Pre-Christian and Conversion Period Anglo-Saxon England. In H. Hamerow, D. Hinton, & S. Crawford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology (742-763). University Press
Anglo-Saxon non-funerary weapon depositions (2011)
Book Chapter
Reynolds, A., & Semple, S. (2011). Anglo-Saxon non-funerary weapon depositions. In S. Brookes, S. Harrington, & A. Reynolds (Eds.), Studies in Early Anglo-Saxon Art and Archaeology: Papers in Honour of Martin G. Welch (40-48). (BAR, British Series 527). Archaeopress
Signals of Belief. Anglo-Saxon Paganism Revisited. (2010)
Book
Carver, M., Sanmark, A., & Semple, S. (Eds.). (2010). Signals of Belief. Anglo-Saxon Paganism Revisited. Oxbow
The topography of outdoor assembly sites in Europe with reference to recent field results from Sweden. (2010)
Book Chapter
Sanmark, A., & Semple, S. (2010). The topography of outdoor assembly sites in Europe with reference to recent field results from Sweden. In H. Lewis, & S. Semple (Eds.), Perspectives in Landscape Archaeology (107-119). British Archaeological Reports
Witchcraft and Deep Time - a debate at Harvard (2010)
Journal Article
Mitchell, S., Price, N., Hutton, R., Raudvere, C., Severi, C., Aldhouse-Green, M., …Ginzburg, C. (2010). Witchcraft and Deep Time - a debate at Harvard. Antiquity, 84(325), 864-79
In the Open Air (2010)
Book Chapter
Semple, S. (2010). In the Open Air. In M. Carver, A. Sanmark, & S. Semple (Eds.), Signals of Belief in Early England: Anglo-Saxon Paganism Revisited. Oxbow
Perspectives in Landscape Archaeology (2010)
Book
Lewis, H., & Semple, S. (Eds.). (2010). Perspectives in Landscape Archaeology. British Archaeological Reports
tingsplatsen vid anundshog (2009)
Other
Sanmark, A., & Semple, S. (2009). tingsplatsen vid anundshog
Recycling the Past: Ancient Monuments and Changing Meanings in Early Medieval Britain (2009)
Book Chapter
Semple, S. (2009). Recycling the Past: Ancient Monuments and Changing Meanings in Early Medieval Britain. In M. Aldrich, & R. Wallis (Eds.), Antiquaries and Archaists, the Past in the Past, the Past in the Present (29-45). Spire Books Ltd
Polities and Princes AD 400-800: New Perspectives on the Funerary Landscape of the South Saxon Kingdom. (2008)
Journal Article
Semple, S. (2008). Polities and Princes AD 400-800: New Perspectives on the Funerary Landscape of the South Saxon Kingdom. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 27(4), 407-429. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2008.00315.x
Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England (2008)
Journal Article
Sanmark, A., & Semple, S. (2008). Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England. Fornvännen, 103(4), 245-259This paper reviews recent field results from Sweden and England demonstrating that currently held perceptions of assembly-sites as archaic and cultic are only partially accurate. Evidence has emerged for the purposeful creation of assembly locations... Read More about Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England.
Defining the OE Hearg: a preliminary archaeological and topographic examination of hearg place names and their hinterlands (2007)
Journal Article
Semple, S. (2007). Defining the OE Hearg: a preliminary archaeological and topographic examination of hearg place names and their hinterlands. Early Medieval Europe, 15(4), 364-385. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0254.2007.00212.xThe OE term hearg is interpreted variously as 'pagan temple', 'hilltop sanctuary' and even 'idol'. It is a rare survival in the English place-name record. When it can be identified, the place name is commonly considered to refer to a location of pre-... Read More about Defining the OE Hearg: a preliminary archaeological and topographic examination of hearg place names and their hinterlands.
Early Medieval Mortuary Practices. (2007)
Book
Semple, S., & Williams, H. (Eds.). (2007). Early Medieval Mortuary Practices. Oxbow BooksThis volume represents a collection of twenty papers with a broad focus extending beyond Anglo-Saxon England with coverage of Scandinavian and Continental topics.
Introduction. (2004)
Book Chapter
Pantos, A., & Semple, S. (2004). Introduction. In A. Pantos, & S. Semple (Eds.), Assembly Places and Practices in Medieval Europe (11-23). Four Courts Press
Assembly Places and Practices in Medieval Europe. (2004)
Book
Pantos, A., & Semple, S. (Eds.). (2004). Assembly Places and Practices in Medieval Europe. Four Courts PressThis volume brings together eleven papers dealing with locational aspects of assembly sites in Britain and parts of Europe. Key themes are the adoption and use of ancient prehistoric remains, the accessibility of sites and their positioning related t... Read More about Assembly Places and Practices in Medieval Europe..
Locations of Assembly in Early Anglo-Saxon England (2004)
Book Chapter
Semple, S. (2004). Locations of Assembly in Early Anglo-Saxon England. In A. Pantos, & S. Semple (Eds.), Assembly places and practices in medieval Europe (135-154). Four Courts PressThis paper reviews the potential of complex cemeteries of the C6th to C7th AD as early places of gathering and assembly.
Illustrations of Damnation in Late Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (2003)
Journal Article
Semple, S. (2003). Illustrations of Damnation in Late Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts. Anglo-Saxon England, 32, 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263675103000115This paper interprets a group of innovative illustrations from the eleventh century English manuscript, the Harley Psalter, in the context of textual, documentary, place-name and archaeological evidence for an uniquely late Anglo-Saxon conception of... Read More about Illustrations of Damnation in Late Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts.
Boundaries in Early Medieval Britain. (2003)
Book
Griffiths, D., Reynolds, A., & Semple, S. (Eds.). (2003). Boundaries in Early Medieval Britain. Oxbow BooksThis volume focuses on the topic of 'boundaries'. The theme of boundaries is embedded at all levels of early medieval society. Concepts of belonging, exclusion, power and status are all themes related to boundary studies that can be found operating f... Read More about Boundaries in Early Medieval Britain..
Burials and Political Boundaries in the Avebury region, North Wiltshire (2003)
Journal Article
Semple, S. (2003). Burials and Political Boundaries in the Avebury region, North Wiltshire. Anglo-Saxon studies in archaeology and history, 12, 72-91This paper explores the burial record of North Wiltshire and argues that the preponderance of barrow burials and common use of ancient remains as well as a number of isolated barrow burials relates particularly to the status of this region as a fluct... Read More about Burials and Political Boundaries in the Avebury region, North Wiltshire.
An Anglo-Saxon Decapitation and Burial at Stonehenge (2002)
Journal Article
Pitts, M., Bayliss, A., McKinley, J., Bylston, A., Budd, P., Evans, J., …Semple, S. (2002). An Anglo-Saxon Decapitation and Burial at Stonehenge. Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine (1982), 95, 131-146Most of a human skeleton excavated at Stonehenge in 1923, believed destroyed in the London bombing of 1941, was re-located in 1999. New study of the bones shows them to represent a man of Anglo-Saxon era (not Neolithic or Roman as previously suggeste... Read More about An Anglo-Saxon Decapitation and Burial at Stonehenge.
A fear of the past: the place of the prehistoric burial mound in the ideology of middle and later Anglo-Saxon England. (1998)
Journal Article
Semple, S. (1998). A fear of the past: the place of the prehistoric burial mound in the ideology of middle and later Anglo-Saxon England. World Archaeology, 30(1), 109-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1998.9980400