Feasting in Viking Age Iceland: sustaining a chiefly political economy in a marginal environment

The authors show that the principal correlates of feasting in Viking Age Iceland were beef and barley, while feasting itself is here the primary instrument of social action. Documentary references, ethnographic analogies, archaeological excavation and biological analyses are woven together to presen...

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Published in:Antiquity
Main Authors: Zori, Davide, Byock, Jesse, Erlendsson, Egill, Martin, Steve, Wake, Thomas, Edwards, Kevin J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
Subjects:
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00048687
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X00048687
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Summary:The authors show that the principal correlates of feasting in Viking Age Iceland were beef and barley, while feasting itself is here the primary instrument of social action. Documentary references, ethnographic analogies, archaeological excavation and biological analyses are woven together to present an exemplary procedure for the recognition of feasting more widely.

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