Evaluating Viking eco-cultural niche variability between the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age: a feasibility study
International audience In the northern Atlantic, Norse agricultural and pastoral practices flourished from the 9th to the 13th century, after which Viking occupation of these regions abruptly declined and eventually disappeared towards the beginning of the 15th century. In this study, in order to ev...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-01024901v1 2023-05-15T16:27:58+02:00 Evaluating Viking eco-cultural niche variability between the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age: a feasibility study Antunes, Nicolas Banks, William E. d'Errico, Francesco De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA) Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Advanced Learning Evolutionary Algorithms (ALEA) Inria Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) European Research Council (FP7/2007-E2013, grant no. 249587, Tracsymbols) Santander, Spain 2012-06-08 https://hal.science/hal-01024901 https://hal.science/hal-01024901/document https://hal.science/hal-01024901/file/Antunes2014.pdf en eng HAL CCSD hal-01024901 https://hal.science/hal-01024901 https://hal.science/hal-01024901/document https://hal.science/hal-01024901/file/Antunes2014.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Debating Spatial Archaeology https://hal.science/hal-01024901 Debating Spatial Archaeology, Jun 2012, Santander, Spain. pp.113-130 Norse settlement Greenland Eco-cultural niche modeling Little ice age [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2012 ftunivnantes 2023-02-01T01:20:24Z International audience In the northern Atlantic, Norse agricultural and pastoral practices flourished from the 9th to the 13th century, after which Viking occupation of these regions abruptly declined and eventually disappeared towards the beginning of the 15th century. In this study, in order to evaluate the possible role of climatic variability on Viking settlement of these regions, we used the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Prediction (GARP) to reconstruct the Viking eco-cultural niches during the end of the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the beginning of the Little Ice Age (LIA).These reconstructions demonstrate that the application of ECNM to this time period and Viking settlement dynamics is both feasible and relevant. Furthermore, preliminary results suggest that climate and environmental change played prominent roles in the abandonment of Greenland by Viking populations and are consistent with available historical accounts. Our results encourage us pursue further analyses with the use of more precise paleoclimatic and archaeological data in order to better understand the role of environmental change in the disappearance of Viking culture from regions of the northern Atlantic. Conference Object Greenland Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Greenland |
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Norse settlement Greenland Eco-cultural niche modeling Little ice age [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology Antunes, Nicolas Banks, William E. d'Errico, Francesco Evaluating Viking eco-cultural niche variability between the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age: a feasibility study |
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International audience In the northern Atlantic, Norse agricultural and pastoral practices flourished from the 9th to the 13th century, after which Viking occupation of these regions abruptly declined and eventually disappeared towards the beginning of the 15th century. In this study, in order to evaluate the possible role of climatic variability on Viking settlement of these regions, we used the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Prediction (GARP) to reconstruct the Viking eco-cultural niches during the end of the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the beginning of the Little Ice Age (LIA).These reconstructions demonstrate that the application of ECNM to this time period and Viking settlement dynamics is both feasible and relevant. Furthermore, preliminary results suggest that climate and environmental change played prominent roles in the abandonment of Greenland by Viking populations and are consistent with available historical accounts. Our results encourage us pursue further analyses with the use of more precise paleoclimatic and archaeological data in order to better understand the role of environmental change in the disappearance of Viking culture from regions of the northern Atlantic. |
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De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA) Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Advanced Learning Evolutionary Algorithms (ALEA) Inria Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) European Research Council (FP7/2007-E2013, grant no. 249587, Tracsymbols) |
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Evaluating Viking eco-cultural niche variability between the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age: a feasibility study |
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Evaluating Viking eco-cultural niche variability between the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age: a feasibility study |
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Evaluating Viking eco-cultural niche variability between the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age: a feasibility study |
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Evaluating Viking eco-cultural niche variability between the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age: a feasibility study |
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Evaluating Viking eco-cultural niche variability between the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age: a feasibility study |
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Debating Spatial Archaeology https://hal.science/hal-01024901 Debating Spatial Archaeology, Jun 2012, Santander, Spain. pp.113-130 |
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