A Palynological Study of Land Use in Medieval Mosfellsdalur, Pre-Landnám-AD1226

• Main Author: Riddell, Scott J., 1967-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Fornleifafræði; Landnýting; Miðaldir; Mosfellsdalur; Helgadalur; Leirvogstunga; Skeggjastaðir; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/17703

Since the 1960’s pollen studies have shown that Hordeum-type pollen was grown in south west Iceland in medieval times. More recently it has been inferred that cultivation in the medieval period may have been exclusive to high status farming estates e.g. Hrísbrú in Mosfellsdalur. This raises the ques...