The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands
We report on the earliest archaeological evidence from the Faroe Islands, placing human colonization in the 4th–6th centuries AD, at least 300–500 years earlier than previously demonstrated archaeologically. The evidence consists of an extensive wind-blown sand deposit containing patches of burnt pe...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:85301 2023-05-15T16:10:29+02:00 The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands Church, Mike J. Arge, Símun V. Edwards, Kevin J. Ascough, Philippa L. Bond, Julie M. Cook, Gordon T. Dockrill, Steve J. Dugmore, Andrew J. McGovern, Thomas H. Nesbitt, Claire Simpson, Ian A. 2013-10-01 http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/85301/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011 unknown Elsevier Church, M. J. et al. (2013) The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Quaternary_Science_Reviews.html>, 77, pp. 228-232. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011>) Articles PeerReviewed 2013 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011 2021-09-23T23:01:02Z We report on the earliest archaeological evidence from the Faroe Islands, placing human colonization in the 4th–6th centuries AD, at least 300–500 years earlier than previously demonstrated archaeologically. The evidence consists of an extensive wind-blown sand deposit containing patches of burnt peat ash of anthropogenic origin. Samples of carbonised barley grains from two of these ash patches produced 14 C dates of two pre-Viking phases within the 4th–6th and late 6th–8th centuries AD. A re-evaluation is required of the nature, scale and timing of the human colonization of the Faroes and the wider North Atlantic region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Faroes North Atlantic University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Faroe Islands Quaternary Science Reviews 77 228 232 |
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We report on the earliest archaeological evidence from the Faroe Islands, placing human colonization in the 4th–6th centuries AD, at least 300–500 years earlier than previously demonstrated archaeologically. The evidence consists of an extensive wind-blown sand deposit containing patches of burnt peat ash of anthropogenic origin. Samples of carbonised barley grains from two of these ash patches produced 14 C dates of two pre-Viking phases within the 4th–6th and late 6th–8th centuries AD. A re-evaluation is required of the nature, scale and timing of the human colonization of the Faroes and the wider North Atlantic region. |
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Church, Mike J. Arge, Símun V. Edwards, Kevin J. Ascough, Philippa L. Bond, Julie M. Cook, Gordon T. Dockrill, Steve J. Dugmore, Andrew J. McGovern, Thomas H. Nesbitt, Claire Simpson, Ian A. |
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Church, Mike J. Arge, Símun V. Edwards, Kevin J. Ascough, Philippa L. Bond, Julie M. Cook, Gordon T. Dockrill, Steve J. Dugmore, Andrew J. McGovern, Thomas H. Nesbitt, Claire Simpson, Ian A. The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands |
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Church, Mike J. Arge, Símun V. Edwards, Kevin J. Ascough, Philippa L. Bond, Julie M. Cook, Gordon T. Dockrill, Steve J. Dugmore, Andrew J. McGovern, Thomas H. Nesbitt, Claire Simpson, Ian A. |
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The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands |
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