Aleksandra McClain

Aleks is a Senior Lecturer in medieval archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. She received her BA in Archaeological Studies from Yale University, and an MA in Medieval Archaeology and PhD in Archaeology from the University of York. Her research focuses on parish churches and monumental commemoration in the Middle Ages, and she also has particular interests in ecclesiastical development, architecture, and landscape in northern England in the late Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Scandinavian and Anglo-Norman periods. She is particularly interested in exploring the role of ecclesiastical patronage and material culture in the construction and maintenance of elite identity. Recent projects include Cross Slabs in Northern England, 1000-1600, Archaeologies of the Norman Conquest, and Developing Mortar Dating Methodologies for Medieval Buildings. 

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