Vestfirðir, and the Emergence of Fishing Communities in Pre-Modern Iceland

• Main Author: Morrison, Stuart J.L.
• Other Authors: Oram, Richard D., Simpson, Ian A., University of Stirling, School of Arts and Humanities, History and Politics
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 2012
• Subjects: Iceland; Environmental History; Geoarchaeology; Micromorphology; Fishing; Vestfirðir; Iceland commerce; Fish trade Iceland History
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/6507; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/6507/1/Stuart_Morrison_PhD.pdf

Despite being a country synonymous with fishing and having very strong maritime traditions, the clear origins and development of specialist fishing communities prior to the mechanisation era in Iceland, particularly the Vestfirðir region, remain unclear. Further to this, the details of their chronol...