Insect fossils from Viking age and Medieval houses in Iceland - what can thay tell us about life and environment?
Few constructions, such as wells, outhouses or other peripheral buildings and features, which can be used for macrofossil analysis, have been excavated at Icelandic Viking age or medieval settlement sites. This is in opposite to many similar excavated settlements in Northern Europe. Therefore, a ver...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-179486 2023-05-15T16:43:56+02:00 Insect fossils from Viking age and Medieval houses in Iceland - what can thay tell us about life and environment? Hellqvist, Magnus 2006 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-179486 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper The Nordic Culture in the Viking Age and Medieval Times http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-179486 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Insect reamins house Viking Age Medieval time Hólar Iceland Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Conference paper info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject text 2006 ftuppsalauniv 2023-02-23T21:42:15Z Few constructions, such as wells, outhouses or other peripheral buildings and features, which can be used for macrofossil analysis, have been excavated at Icelandic Viking age or medieval settlement sites. This is in opposite to many similar excavated settlements in Northern Europe. Therefore, a very common sampling environment in Iceland is from former house floors. But a house floor also means special taphonomical problems and is also of limited use in interpretation of the activities both inside the houses and for the surrounding environment. There is also the risk of redeposition and human interference on the cultural layer caused by human activities inside the house. Holar project, Holaransoknin, Hólaskoli, Iceland Conference Object Iceland Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) |
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Few constructions, such as wells, outhouses or other peripheral buildings and features, which can be used for macrofossil analysis, have been excavated at Icelandic Viking age or medieval settlement sites. This is in opposite to many similar excavated settlements in Northern Europe. Therefore, a very common sampling environment in Iceland is from former house floors. But a house floor also means special taphonomical problems and is also of limited use in interpretation of the activities both inside the houses and for the surrounding environment. There is also the risk of redeposition and human interference on the cultural layer caused by human activities inside the house. Holar project, Holaransoknin, Hólaskoli, Iceland |
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Insect fossils from Viking age and Medieval houses in Iceland - what can thay tell us about life and environment? |
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Insect fossils from Viking age and Medieval houses in Iceland - what can thay tell us about life and environment? |
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Insect fossils from Viking age and Medieval houses in Iceland - what can thay tell us about life and environment? |
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Insect fossils from Viking age and Medieval houses in Iceland - what can thay tell us about life and environment? |
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Insect fossils from Viking age and Medieval houses in Iceland - what can thay tell us about life and environment? |
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insect fossils from viking age and medieval houses in iceland - what can thay tell us about life and environment? |
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