Was it for walrus? Viking Age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in Iceland and Greenland
Walrus-tusk ivory and walrus-hide rope were highly desired goods in Viking Age north-west Europe. New finds of walrus bone and ivory in early Viking Age contexts in Iceland are concentrated in the south-west, and suggest extensive exploitation of nearby walrus for meat, hide and ivory during the fir...
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ftcityunivny:oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:hc_pubs-1683 2023-05-15T16:01:04+02:00 Was it for walrus? Viking Age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in Iceland and Greenland Frei, Karen M Coutu, Ashley N. Smiarowski, Konrad Harrison, Ramona Madsen, Christian K. Arneborg, Jette Frei, Robert Guðmundsson, Gardar Sindbækg, Søren M. Woollett, James Hartman, Steven Hicks, Megan McGovern, Thomas 2015-04-20T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_pubs/637 https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1683&context=hc_pubs English eng CUNY Academic Works https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_pubs/637 https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1683&context=hc_pubs Publications and Research Walrus Greenland Iceland Norse zooarchaeology proto-world system lead (Pb) isotopes Animal Studies Archaeological Anthropology article 2015 ftcityunivny 2023-03-04T23:17:05Z Walrus-tusk ivory and walrus-hide rope were highly desired goods in Viking Age north-west Europe. New finds of walrus bone and ivory in early Viking Age contexts in Iceland are concentrated in the south-west, and suggest extensive exploitation of nearby walrus for meat, hide and ivory during the first century of settlement. In Greenland, archaeofauna suggest a very different specialized long-distance hunting of the much larger walrus populations in the Disko Bay area that brought mainly ivory to the settlement areas and eventually to European markets. New lead isotopic analysis of archaeological walrus ivory and bone from Greenland and Iceland offers a tool for identifying possible source regions of walrus ivory during the early Middle Ages. This opens possibilities for assessing the development and relative importance of hunting grounds from the point of view of exported products. Article in Journal/Newspaper Disko Bay Greenland Iceland walrus* City University of New York: CUNY Academic Works Greenland |
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Walrus Greenland Iceland Norse zooarchaeology proto-world system lead (Pb) isotopes Animal Studies Archaeological Anthropology Frei, Karen M Coutu, Ashley N. Smiarowski, Konrad Harrison, Ramona Madsen, Christian K. Arneborg, Jette Frei, Robert Guðmundsson, Gardar Sindbækg, Søren M. Woollett, James Hartman, Steven Hicks, Megan McGovern, Thomas Was it for walrus? Viking Age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in Iceland and Greenland |
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Walrus-tusk ivory and walrus-hide rope were highly desired goods in Viking Age north-west Europe. New finds of walrus bone and ivory in early Viking Age contexts in Iceland are concentrated in the south-west, and suggest extensive exploitation of nearby walrus for meat, hide and ivory during the first century of settlement. In Greenland, archaeofauna suggest a very different specialized long-distance hunting of the much larger walrus populations in the Disko Bay area that brought mainly ivory to the settlement areas and eventually to European markets. New lead isotopic analysis of archaeological walrus ivory and bone from Greenland and Iceland offers a tool for identifying possible source regions of walrus ivory during the early Middle Ages. This opens possibilities for assessing the development and relative importance of hunting grounds from the point of view of exported products. |
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Frei, Karen M Coutu, Ashley N. Smiarowski, Konrad Harrison, Ramona Madsen, Christian K. Arneborg, Jette Frei, Robert Guðmundsson, Gardar Sindbækg, Søren M. Woollett, James Hartman, Steven Hicks, Megan McGovern, Thomas |
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Frei, Karen M Coutu, Ashley N. Smiarowski, Konrad Harrison, Ramona Madsen, Christian K. Arneborg, Jette Frei, Robert Guðmundsson, Gardar Sindbækg, Søren M. Woollett, James Hartman, Steven Hicks, Megan McGovern, Thomas |
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Was it for walrus? Viking Age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in Iceland and Greenland |
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Was it for walrus? Viking Age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in Iceland and Greenland |
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Was it for walrus? Viking Age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in Iceland and Greenland |
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Was it for walrus? Viking Age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in Iceland and Greenland |
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Was it for walrus? Viking Age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in Iceland and Greenland |
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was it for walrus? viking age settlement and medieval walrus ivory trade in iceland and greenland |
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