Degrees of success : evaluating the environmental impacts of long term settlement in South Iceland.

• Main Authors: Mairs, K-A., Church, M. J., Dugmore, A. J., Sveinbjarnardóttir, G.
• Other Authors: Arneborg, J, Grønnow, B
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Aarhus University Press 2006
• Subjects: Settlement and abandonment; Woodland clearance; Soil erosion; Iceland; Norse; Tún; Arctic
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/5242/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/5242/1/5242.pdf; http://www.unipress.dk/en-gb/List.aspx?l=c&id=10097

This paper focuses on the occupation and landscape history of Dalur and Mörk, two areas of long-term settlement in the Eyjafjallahreppur district of southern Iceland. The aim is to illustrate the importance of evaluating not only farm occupation and abandonment, but also to assess the complexities o...