Systems of Sheep Husbandry at Stóra-Seyla in Northern Iceland

• Main Author: Wagner, Katherine R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks at UMass Boston 2017
• Subjects: Archaeology; Cementum; Iceland; Seasonality; Sheep; Archaeological Anthropology; Skagafjörður; Slaughter; Stóra Seyla
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umb.edu/masters_theses/442; https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1443&context=masters_theses

Settlers to Iceland introduced livestock and imposed their agricultural practices upon the landscape. Over time changes in the landscape from grazing, introduction of new cultural ideas, such as Christianity, and the advent of the Little Ice Age had varying impacts on Icelandic animal husbandry. Thi...