7 Were the Vikings Really Green? Environmental Degradation and Social Inequality in Iceland's Second Nature Landscape

• Published in: Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
• Main Authors: Catlin, Kathryn A., Bolender, Douglas J.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation, University of Massachusetts Boston
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Skagafjörður; Langholt; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apaa.12102; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fapaa.12102; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/apaa.12102; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/apaa.12102; https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/apaa.12102; https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/apaa.12102

ABSTRACT Iceland was settled by the Norse ca. 870 CE. Within the next few centuries, 40% of Iceland's soil cover was lost to deforestation and erosion. By the late medieval period, the social landscape had also changed from a population of nominally equal landowning households to one comprised...