Dr Mark A. Hall

Dr Mark A Hall is an archaeologist and museum curator based at Perth Museum (Culture Perth & Kinross), Perth, Scotland. He has recently been the lead researcher for the new Perth Museum project, which opened in March 2024. His research interests principally span the medieval centuries from the Late Antique to the 16th century, with a focus on medieval material culture, including board and dice games, the cult of saints and supernatural engagement, cultural biography and re-imagining the Middle Ages. He has published widely and internationally in journals and books.

He is co-editor of and contributing author to: The Lewis Chessmen Unmasked (2010), Pictish Progress (2011), Perth High Street Archaeological Excavations 1975-77 (2012), The Lewis Chessmen: New Perspectives (2014) and Royal Forteviot: Excavations at a Pictish Power Centre in Eastern Scotland – SERF Mon 2 (2020).