Markus Nilsen

Archaeologist

Markus Nilsen

Contact

Email: markus.nilsen@uis.no

Department

Museum of Archaeology

Department of Cultural Heritage

About me

Markus Nilsen is a research fellow in archaeology at the Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger. He received his master’s thesis from the University of Oslo in 2020. His main academic interest is medieval warfare, and his master’s thesis investigated late medieval battles in Europe. Markus is the Ph.D. candidate for the project Viking beacons – Militarism in northern Europe (BCON) studying fire beacons, and his project is focused on the effectiveness of the warning system. BCON is funded by the Research Council of Norway (Project no. 324454).

Academia profile: https://stavanger.academia.edu/MarkusNilsen

Researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Markus-Nilsen

Publications

Formidling

Nilsen, Markus

(2024)

Guardians of the Fjords: Fire Beacons and Local Mobilisation in Central Norway during the Viking Age and Middle Ages.

Viking beacons workshop 2, Defence/Fear/Militarism;

2024-03-06 - 2024-10-03.

Nilsen, Markus

(2023)

Stay alert: Shedding light on the beacon systems of Central Norway from the Viking and Middle Ages .

The Norse and the Sea: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of Scandinavian Scotland (NaS) ;

2023-09-06.

Nilsen, Markus

(2023)

Stay alert: Shedding light on the beacon systems of Central Norway from the Viking and Middle Ages (EAA).

European Association of Archaeologists;

2023-08-30 - 2023-09-02.

Ødegaard, Marie; Murphy, Line; Nilsen, Markus

(2022)

Veter, et varslingssystem i vikingtiden.

Nilsen, Markus

(2022)

Viking beacons workshop 1, Territorialisation / Space.

Viking beacons workshop 1, Territorialisation / Space;

2022-09-07 - 2022-09-08.

Nilsen, Markus

(2022)

NAFF-dag presentasjon.

NAFF - Natural science and archaeological research, management and dissemination day;

2022-11-29.