Sarah Semple

Sarah Jane Semple, (born July 1973) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in the early medieval period, landscape archaeology and material culture of northwest Europe. Having worked at St Cross College, Oxford and the University of Chester, she has taught at the University of Durham since 2006.

Biography Semple was born in July 1973. She studied medieval archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.

Having completed her DPhil, she was a post-doctoral research fellow at St Cross College, Oxford. In 2006, she moved to Durham University.

Honours In 2024, she was awarded the Landscape Archaeology Medal by the British Academy. In July 2025, she was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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