Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of Human Impact and Climate Fluctuation on the Millennial Scale

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 a long-t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American anthropologist 2007-03, Vol.109 (1), p.27-51
Hauptverfasser:	McGovern, Thomas H., Vésteinsson, Orri, Adolf Fridriksson, Mike Church, Ian Lawson, Simpson, Ian A., Einarsson, Arni, Andy Dugmore, Cook, Gordon, Perdikaris, Sophia, Edwards, Kevin J., Amanda M. Thomson, W. Paul Adderley, Anthony Newton, Lucas, Gavin, Ragnar Edvardsson, Oscar Aldred, Elaine Dunbar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bones Climate change Collaboration Conferences Cultural history Distance learning Ecological sustainability Eggs Environmental archaeology Environmental change Environmental economics European history Field study Forensic anthropology historical ecology Human ecology Human settlements Iceland In Focus: Archaeology of Global Change Landscape Landscapes Management Middens Migration Paleoecology Pastures Science Social science research Soil erosion Sustainability Sustainable agriculture Tephra
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Zusammenfassung:	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 a long-term perspective to larger issues of sustainable resource use, soil erosion, and the historical ecology of global change.
ISSN:	0002-7294 1548-1433
DOI:	10.1525/aa.2007.109.1.27