Coping with Hard Times in NW Iceland: Zooarchaeology, History, and Landscape Archaeology at Finnbogastaðir in the 18th century

This paper provides a report of the analysis of an animal bone collection excavated in 1990 from 18 th - early 19 th c deposits at the site of Finnbogastaðir, Árneshreppur, Strandasýsla, NW Iceland (Vestfirðir) and seeks to place the results in the larger context of early modern economy in the regio...

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Main Authors: Edvardsson, Ragnar, Perdikaris, Sophia, McGovern, Thomas (NABO and CUNY), Zagor, Noah, Waxman, Matthew
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
Subjects:
Vestfirðir
Strandasýsla
Árneshreppur
Finnbogastaðir
Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV83R0TT3_meta$v=1417479189283
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Summary:This paper provides a report of the analysis of an animal bone collection excavated in 1990 from 18 th - early 19 th c deposits at the site of Finnbogastaðir, Árneshreppur, Strandasýsla, NW Iceland (Vestfirðir) and seeks to place the results in the larger context of early modern economy in the region through the integration of historical documentary sources and an ongoing program of landscape archaeology in the region. .

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