Markus Nilsen

Markus Nilsen

Kontakt

E-post: markus.nilsen@uis.no

Organisasjonsenhet

Arkeologisk museum

Avdeling fornminner

Kort om meg

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

Publikasjoner

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Markus Nilsen (2026) Stay Alert: Analyzing the Effectiveness and Strategic Purpose of a Medieval Beacon System in Namdalen, Central Norway. I: Open Archaeology. Online ISSN 2300-6560. Volum 12. DOI: 10.1515/opar-2025-0070

Markus Nilsen (2025) Guardians of the Fjords: Fire Beacons and Local Mobilisation in Central Norway During the Viking Age and Middle Ages. I: Medieval Archaeology. ISSN 0076-6097. s.140-168. DOI: 10.1080/00766097.2025.2513799

Formidling

Markus Nilsen (2025) Money to Burn: The Economic and Social Costs of Maintaining a Medieval Beacon System in Namdalen, Central Norway. Landscapes of War and Fear (AD 600-1350); 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-04.

Markus Nilsen (2025) Trygghet gjennom kollektivt forsvar i vikingtid og middelalder. Forskningstorget 2025; 2025-09-19.

Marie Ødegaard; Markus Nilsen (2025) Vikingenes varslings- og forsvarssystem. Tirsdagsforedrag; 2025-10-06.

Markus Nilsen (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.

Markus Nilsen (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.

Markus Nilsen (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.

Markus Nilsen (2022) Viking beacons workshop 1, Territorialisation / Space. Viking beacons workshop 1, Territorialisation / Space; 2022-09-07 - 2022-09-08.

Markus Nilsen (2022) NAFF-dag presentasjon. NAFF - Natural science and archaeological research, management and dissemination day; 2022-11-29.

Kilde: Nasjonalt vitenarkiv