Landscapes of settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical ecology of human impact and climate fluctuation on the millennial scale

Thomas H. McGovern; Orri Vesteinsson; Adolf Fridriksson; Mike Church; Ian Lawson; Ian A. Simpson; Arni Einarsson; Andy Dugmore; Gordon Cook; Sophia Perdikaris; Kevin J. Edwards; Amanda M. Thomson; W. Paul Adderley; Anthony Newton; Gavin Lucas; Ragnar Edvardsson; Oscar Aldred; Elaine Dunbar

doi:10.1525/AA.2007.109.1.27

Landscapes of settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical ecology of human impact and climate fluctuation on the millennial scale

Thomas H. McGovern^*, Orri Vesteinsson, Adolf Fridriksson, Mike Church, Ian Lawson, Ian A. Simpson, Arni Einarsson, Andy Dugmore, Gordon Cook, Sophia Perdikaris, Kevin J. Edwards, Amanda M. Thomson, W. Paul Adderley, Anthony Newton, Gavin Lucas, Ragnar Edvardsson, Oscar Aldred, Elaine Dunbar

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Abstract

Early settlement in the North Atlantic produced complex interactions of culture and nature. The sustained program of interdisciplinary collaboration is intended to focus on ninth- to 13th-century sites and landscapes in the highland interior lake basin of Myvatn in Iceland and to contribute along-term perspective to larger issues of sustainable resource use, soil erosion, and the historical ecology of global change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-51
Number of pages	25
Journal	American Anthropologist
Volume	109
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/AA.2007.109.1.27
Publication status	Published - Mar 2007

Keywords

Iceland
sustainability
historical ecology
paleoecology
LAND DEGRADATION
PREMODERN ICELAND
NORSE GREENLAND
ATLANTIC
HOLOCENE
ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
PERSPECTIVE
ISLANDS
MYVATN
DIET

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McGovern, T. H., Vesteinsson, O., Fridriksson, A., Church, M., Lawson, I., Simpson, I. A., Einarsson, A., Dugmore, A., Cook, G., Perdikaris, S., Edwards, K. J., Thomson, A. M., Adderley, W. P., Newton, A., Lucas, G., Edvardsson, R., Aldred, O., & Dunbar, E. (2007). Landscapes of settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical ecology of human impact and climate fluctuation on the millennial scale. American Anthropologist, 109(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1525/AA.2007.109.1.27

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Landscapes of settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical ecology of human impact and climate fluctuation on the millennial scale

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