Medieval Iceland, Greenland, and the New Human Condition: A case study in integrated environmental humanities

• Main Authors: Hartman, Steven, Ogilvie, A.E.J., Ingimundarson, Jón Haukur, Dugmore, A.J., Hambrecht, George, McGovern, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CUNY Academic Works 2017
• Subjects: Environmental humanities; Global change; Historical climatology; Historical ecology; Icelandic sagas; Medieval Iceland; Political ecology; Zooarchaeology; Archaeological Anthropology; Folklore; Medieval History; Social and Cultural Anthropology; Greenland; Hannah; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_pubs/641; https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1679&context=hc_pubs

This paper contributes to recent studies exploring the longue durée of human impacts on island landscapes, the impacts of climate and other environmental changes on human communities, and the interaction of human societies and their environments at different spatial and temporal scales. In particula...