7 Were the Vikings Really Green? Environmental Degradation and Social Inequality in Iceland's Second Nature Landscape
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...
Published in: | Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association |
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Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018
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