Commmunity, Ecology, and Modernity: Faunal Analysis of Skútustaðir in Mývatnssveit, Northern Iceland

• Main Author: Hicks, Megan
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: CUNY Academic Works 2019
• Subjects: Iceland; colonialism; capitalism; zooarchaeology; archaeofaunal analysis; herding; fishing; birding; hunting; modernization; conservation; Local Traditional Knowledge; enlightenment; commodification; Animal Studies; Archaeological Anthropology; Environmental Studies; Food Studies; Human Geography; Nature and Society Relations; Social and Cultural Anthropology; Arctic; Skútustaðir; Arctic biodiversity
• Online Access: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3316; https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4386&context=gc_etds

This dissertation examines the archaeofaunal remains from Skútustaðir, a middle to high-status farm in Mývatnssveit, Northern Iceland, to understand the experience of rural communities and their ecologies during Iceland’s transition from regulated colonial exchange to a capitalist economy during the...