Fencing the forest: early use of barrier fences in Sami reindeer husbandry

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Norstedt, Gudrun, Rautio, Anna-Maria, Östlund, Lars
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2017
• Subjects: boreal forest; cultural remains; dendrochronology; fence; reindeer husbandry; Sami; Arjeplog; Gällivare; Jokkmokk; Rangifer; sami
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/4222; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.37.1.4222

Barrier fences are generally not considered to have been used in Sami reindeer husbandry in Sweden before the early 20th century. As a rule, they are thought to have been introduced with the transition from intensive to extensive herding that is assumed to have taken place at this time. However, in...