Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of Human Impact and Climate Fluctuation on the Millennial Scale

Early settlement in the North Atlantic produced complex interactions of culture and nature. A sustained program of interdisciplinary collaboration focused on ninth- to 13th-century sites and landscapes in the highland interior lake basin of Myvatn in Iceland and to contribute a long-term perspective...

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Published in:American Anthropologist
Main Authors: McGovern, Thomas H, Vésteinsson, Orri, Friđriksson, Adolf, Church, Mike J, Lawson, Ian, Simpson, Ian, Einarsson, Arni, Dugmore, Andrew J, Cook, Gordon, Perdikaris, Sophia, Edwards, Kevin J, Thomson, Amanda M, Adderley, W Paul, Newton, Anthony, Lucas, Gavin, Edvardsson, Ragnar, Aldred, Oscar, Dunbar, Elaine
Other Authors: City University of New York, Institute of Archaeology, Iceland, University of Edinburgh, University of Leeds, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Mývatn Research Station, SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, University of Aberdeen, University of Stirling, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, orcid:0000-0003-2447-7877, orcid:0000-0001-5552-1696
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Anthropological Association 2007
Subjects:
Iceland
sustainability
historical ecology
paleoecology
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1893/582
https://doi.org/10.1525/AA.2007.109.1.27
http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/582/1/american-anthropologist-northern-iceland.pdf
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Summary:Early settlement in the North Atlantic produced complex interactions of culture and nature. A sustained program of interdisciplinary collaboration focused on ninth- to 13th-century sites and landscapes in the highland interior lake basin of Myvatn in Iceland and to contribute a long-term perspective to larger issues of sustainable resource use, soil erosion, and the historical ecology of global change.

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