Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway

• Main Authors: Simpson, Ian, Perdikaris, Sophia, Cook, Gordon, Campbell, John L, Teesdale, William J
• Other Authors: Biological and Environmental Sciences, City University of New York, SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, University of Guelph, orcid:0000-0003-2447-7877
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2000
• Subjects: Lofoten; Norway; Vesterålen; North Atlantic; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/656; https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6548(200012)15:8<743::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-S; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/656/1/aageoarchlanganess-storre.pdf

The development of specialized and commercial fishing activity in the island archipelago of Lofoten and Vestera°len in northern Norway is a critical foundation from which to understand the subsequent spread of commercial fishing across the north Atlantic region during the medieval and early modern p...