What Imported Viking Age and Medieval Artifacts Can Tell Us about Trade and Exchange in Mývatn, Iceland
ABSTRACT: The Mývatn region in northern Iceland has been receiving archaeological attention since at least the nineteenth century, with more intensive work having been carried out by Fornleifastofnun Íslands (FSÍ) in the late twentieth century, continuing to the present. The archaeological evidence...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8fe654ba11024840b98b8702b372f5b4 2023-07-02T03:32:41+02:00 What Imported Viking Age and Medieval Artifacts Can Tell Us about Trade and Exchange in Mývatn, Iceland Alan Laycock 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan98 https://doaj.org/article/8fe654ba11024840b98b8702b372f5b4 EN FR eng fre University of Alberta Library https://scancan.net/index.php/scancan/article/view/98 https://doaj.org/toc/0823-1796 https://doaj.org/toc/2816-5187 doi:10.29173/scancan98 0823-1796 2816-5187 https://doaj.org/article/8fe654ba11024840b98b8702b372f5b4 Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Vol 22 (2014) History of Northern Europe. Scandinavia DL1-1180 Language and Literature P article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan98 2023-06-11T00:34:56Z ABSTRACT: The Mývatn region in northern Iceland has been receiving archaeological attention since at least the nineteenth century, with more intensive work having been carried out by Fornleifastofnun Íslands (FSÍ) in the late twentieth century, continuing to the present. The archaeological evidence suggests that Mývatn has been a region onto itself since the Settlement Period of Iceland through to the end of the Viking age. Imported goods such as whetstones and steatite demonstrate tell-tale characteristics of objects traded for in low quantities and over infrequent time periods. This article examines how Mývatn Icelanders were able to partially connect to the continental trade in beads, the Baltic trade in flint, and to other European trade networks operating between the 9th and 15th centuries, and to what extent these networks were able to influence the early Mývatn economy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Mývatn Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Flint ENVELOPE(-65.417,-65.417,-67.333,-67.333) Mývatn ENVELOPE(-16.985,-16.985,65.600,65.600) Scandinavian-Canadian Studies 22 52 65 |
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ABSTRACT: The Mývatn region in northern Iceland has been receiving archaeological attention since at least the nineteenth century, with more intensive work having been carried out by Fornleifastofnun Íslands (FSÍ) in the late twentieth century, continuing to the present. The archaeological evidence suggests that Mývatn has been a region onto itself since the Settlement Period of Iceland through to the end of the Viking age. Imported goods such as whetstones and steatite demonstrate tell-tale characteristics of objects traded for in low quantities and over infrequent time periods. This article examines how Mývatn Icelanders were able to partially connect to the continental trade in beads, the Baltic trade in flint, and to other European trade networks operating between the 9th and 15th centuries, and to what extent these networks were able to influence the early Mývatn economy. |
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What Imported Viking Age and Medieval Artifacts Can Tell Us about Trade and Exchange in Mývatn, Iceland |
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What Imported Viking Age and Medieval Artifacts Can Tell Us about Trade and Exchange in Mývatn, Iceland |
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