Marine Resource Specialization in Viking Age Iceland: Exploitation of Seabirds and Fish on Hegranes in Skagafjörður

• Main Author: Cesario, Grace M
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: CUNY Academic Works 2021
• Subjects: Iceland; zooarchaeology; Viking Age; marine resource exploitation; avifauna; gadid fish; Archaeological Anthropology; Hegranes; Skagafjörður; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4167; https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5244&context=gc_etds

This dissertation focuses on the zooarchaeology of four Viking Age sites on Hegranes, located in Skagafjörður, north Iceland, in order to understand the early economy of the region and place it in a broader context with other settlement sites across the island. This research helps to understand the...