Archaeology and Text: a Historical Reconstruction of the Settlement of Iceland

The technological advances of the last decades in dating methods have modified the relationship between archaeology and medieval Icelandic texts that was commonplace until the middle of the twentieth century. The focus is no longer on comparing the information provided by medieval texts but on carry...

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Main Author: García López, Inés
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2019
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spelling ftubarceojs:oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/29231 2023-05-15T16:45:06+02:00 Archaeology and Text: a Historical Reconstruction of the Settlement of Iceland Arqueología y Texto: la reconstrucción histórica de la colonización de Islandia García López, Inés 2019-09-08 application/pdf http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/SVMMA/article/view/29231 spa eng spa eng Universitat de Barcelona http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/SVMMA/article/view/29231/29590 http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/SVMMA/article/view/29231/29591 http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/SVMMA/article/view/29231 Drets d'autor (c) 2019 SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals; No 13: Primavera 2019; 22-36 SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals; No. 13: Spring 2019; 22-36 SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals; Núm. 13: Primavera 2019; 22-36 SVMMA. Revsita de Cultures Medievals; No. 13: Primavera 2019; 22-36 2014-7023 settlement of Iceland Old Norse historiography medieval archaeology Landnámabók colonización de Islandia historiografía medieval nórdica arqueología medieval info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Articles revisats per parells Peer-reviewed Article Artículos revisados por pares 2019 ftubarceojs 2022-12-26T13:46:23Z The technological advances of the last decades in dating methods have modified the relationship between archaeology and medieval Icelandic texts that was commonplace until the middle of the twentieth century. The focus is no longer on comparing the information provided by medieval texts but on carrying out other types of research that have allowed a more accurate dating of the first settlement of Iceland, and have offered information on the exploitation of resources and environmental impact during the colonization of Iceland in the ninth century. In this article, I will analyse two fragments of the Landnámabók, the thirteenth-century book that describes the colonization of Iceland, with the aim of establishing a renewed dialogue between recent archaeological discoveries on the island and the medieval sources devoted to Iceland. Los avances tecnológicos en los métodos de datación de las últimas décadas han modificado la relación que se estableció entre la arqueología y los textos medievales islandeses hasta mediados del siglo XX: el foco ya no consiste en cotejar la información entre los textos medievales sino en realizar otro tipo de investigaciones que, si bien nos han permitido fechar el asentamiento de Islandia con mayor rigurosidad, también ofrecen información sobre la explotación de los recursos o el impacto medioambiental durante la colonización de Islandia en el siglo IX. Este artículo analizará dos fragmentos del Landnámabók, el libro del siglo XIII que describe la colonización de Islandia, con el objetivo de establecer un renovado diálogo entre los recientes descubrimientos arqueológicos acaecidos en la isla y las fuentes medievales escritas sobre Islandia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Islandia Revistes Científiques de la Universitat de Barcelona
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topic settlement of Iceland
Old Norse historiography
medieval archaeology
Landnámabók
colonización de Islandia
historiografía medieval nórdica
arqueología medieval
spellingShingle settlement of Iceland
Old Norse historiography
medieval archaeology
Landnámabók
colonización de Islandia
historiografía medieval nórdica
arqueología medieval
García López, Inés
Archaeology and Text: a Historical Reconstruction of the Settlement of Iceland
topic_facet settlement of Iceland
Old Norse historiography
medieval archaeology
Landnámabók
colonización de Islandia
historiografía medieval nórdica
arqueología medieval
description The technological advances of the last decades in dating methods have modified the relationship between archaeology and medieval Icelandic texts that was commonplace until the middle of the twentieth century. The focus is no longer on comparing the information provided by medieval texts but on carrying out other types of research that have allowed a more accurate dating of the first settlement of Iceland, and have offered information on the exploitation of resources and environmental impact during the colonization of Iceland in the ninth century. In this article, I will analyse two fragments of the Landnámabók, the thirteenth-century book that describes the colonization of Iceland, with the aim of establishing a renewed dialogue between recent archaeological discoveries on the island and the medieval sources devoted to Iceland. Los avances tecnológicos en los métodos de datación de las últimas décadas han modificado la relación que se estableció entre la arqueología y los textos medievales islandeses hasta mediados del siglo XX: el foco ya no consiste en cotejar la información entre los textos medievales sino en realizar otro tipo de investigaciones que, si bien nos han permitido fechar el asentamiento de Islandia con mayor rigurosidad, también ofrecen información sobre la explotación de los recursos o el impacto medioambiental durante la colonización de Islandia en el siglo IX. Este artículo analizará dos fragmentos del Landnámabók, el libro del siglo XIII que describe la colonización de Islandia, con el objetivo de establecer un renovado diálogo entre los recientes descubrimientos arqueológicos acaecidos en la isla y las fuentes medievales escritas sobre Islandia.
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author García López, Inés
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title Archaeology and Text: a Historical Reconstruction of the Settlement of Iceland
title_short Archaeology and Text: a Historical Reconstruction of the Settlement of Iceland
title_full Archaeology and Text: a Historical Reconstruction of the Settlement of Iceland
title_fullStr Archaeology and Text: a Historical Reconstruction of the Settlement of Iceland
title_full_unstemmed Archaeology and Text: a Historical Reconstruction of the Settlement of Iceland
title_sort archaeology and text: a historical reconstruction of the settlement of iceland
publisher Universitat de Barcelona
publishDate 2019
url http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/SVMMA/article/view/29231
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Islandia
op_source SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals; No 13: Primavera 2019; 22-36
SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals; No. 13: Spring 2019; 22-36
SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals; Núm. 13: Primavera 2019; 22-36
SVMMA. Revsita de Cultures Medievals; No. 13: Primavera 2019; 22-36
2014-7023
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