Claiming a wilderness : Atlantic Gaels and the island Norse

• Main Author: Ahronson, Kristján
• Other Authors: Gillies, William, Dugmore, Andy, Hunter, Fraser
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Edinburgh 2006
• Subjects: Scottish studies; Viking Age North Atlantic; Mikla; Seljaland; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15812

This thesis reviews archaeological material, medieval literature, place-names and palaeoenvironmental data cited in explorations of the early Viking Age North Atlantic area, and proposes a reassessment of chronology for the earliest settlement of Iceland. After analysing previous scholarship and dis...