The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands:An environmental impact assessment
The Norse colonisation or landnám of the North Atlantic islands of the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland from the ninth century AD onwards provides opportunities to examine human environmental impacts on 'pristine' landscapes on an environmental gradient from warmer, more maritime conditions...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/c0f31571-c7d6-4fc4-9b78-5ca930a796eb 2023-05-15T16:11:14+02:00 The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands:An environmental impact assessment Dugmore, Andrew J. Church, Mike J. Buckland, Paul C. Edwards, Kevin J. Lawson, Ian McGovern, Thomas H. Panagiotakopulu, Eva Simpson, Ian A. Skidmore, Peter Sveinbjarnardóttir, Gudrún 2005-01-01 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/the-norse-landnm-on-the-north-atlantic-islands(c0f31571-c7d6-4fc4-9b78-5ca930a796eb).html https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003985 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=20144373152&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Dugmore , A J , Church , M J , Buckland , P C , Edwards , K J , Lawson , I , McGovern , T H , Panagiotakopulu , E , Simpson , I A , Skidmore , P & Sveinbjarnardóttir , G 2005 , ' The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands : An environmental impact assessment ' , Polar Record , vol. 41 , no. 216 , pp. 21-37 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003985 article 2005 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003985 2022-07-21T07:01:08Z The Norse colonisation or landnám of the North Atlantic islands of the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland from the ninth century AD onwards provides opportunities to examine human environmental impacts on 'pristine' landscapes on an environmental gradient from warmer, more maritime conditions in the east to colder, more continental conditions in the west. This paper considers key environmental contrasts across the Atlantic and initial settlement impacts on the biota and landscape. Before landnám, the modes of origin of the biota (which resulted in boreo-temperate affinities), a lack of endemic species, limited diversity, and no grazing mammals on the Faroes or Iceland, were crucial in determining environmental sensitivity to human impact and, in particular, the impact of introduced domestic animals. Gathering new data and understanding their geographical patterns and changes through time are seen as crucial when tackling fundamental questions about human interactions with the environment, which are relevant to both understanding the past and planning for the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroes Greenland Iceland North Atlantic Polar Record University of St Andrews: Research Portal Greenland Polar Record 41 1 21 37 |
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The Norse colonisation or landnám of the North Atlantic islands of the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland from the ninth century AD onwards provides opportunities to examine human environmental impacts on 'pristine' landscapes on an environmental gradient from warmer, more maritime conditions in the east to colder, more continental conditions in the west. This paper considers key environmental contrasts across the Atlantic and initial settlement impacts on the biota and landscape. Before landnám, the modes of origin of the biota (which resulted in boreo-temperate affinities), a lack of endemic species, limited diversity, and no grazing mammals on the Faroes or Iceland, were crucial in determining environmental sensitivity to human impact and, in particular, the impact of introduced domestic animals. Gathering new data and understanding their geographical patterns and changes through time are seen as crucial when tackling fundamental questions about human interactions with the environment, which are relevant to both understanding the past and planning for the future. |
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Dugmore, Andrew J. Church, Mike J. Buckland, Paul C. Edwards, Kevin J. Lawson, Ian McGovern, Thomas H. Panagiotakopulu, Eva Simpson, Ian A. Skidmore, Peter Sveinbjarnardóttir, Gudrún |
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Dugmore, Andrew J. Church, Mike J. Buckland, Paul C. Edwards, Kevin J. Lawson, Ian McGovern, Thomas H. Panagiotakopulu, Eva Simpson, Ian A. Skidmore, Peter Sveinbjarnardóttir, Gudrún The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands:An environmental impact assessment |
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Dugmore, Andrew J. Church, Mike J. Buckland, Paul C. Edwards, Kevin J. Lawson, Ian McGovern, Thomas H. Panagiotakopulu, Eva Simpson, Ian A. Skidmore, Peter Sveinbjarnardóttir, Gudrún |
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The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands:An environmental impact assessment |
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The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands:An environmental impact assessment |
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The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands:An environmental impact assessment |
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The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands:An environmental impact assessment |
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Dugmore , A J , Church , M J , Buckland , P C , Edwards , K J , Lawson , I , McGovern , T H , Panagiotakopulu , E , Simpson , I A , Skidmore , P & Sveinbjarnardóttir , G 2005 , ' The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands : An environmental impact assessment ' , Polar Record , vol. 41 , no. 216 , pp. 21-37 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003985 |
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