English and Hanseatic trading and fishing sites in Medieval Iceland: report on initial fieldwork

• Main Authors: Gardiner, Mark, Mehler, Natascha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Verlag Philipp von Zabern 2007
• Subjects: V130 Medieval History; V290 History by Area not elsewhere classified; Bjarnarhöfn; Kumbaravogur; Stakkhamar; Iceland
• Online Access: https://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/28513/

In 2006 an international research project began which over the next few years will investigate Iceland's trade with England and the Hanse during the late Middle Ages, namely the period from about 1412 to 1602. Historical sources, place-names and archaeology are used for identifying trading site...