Autorentext

Val Dufeu, doctor of medieval and environmental history, is a consultant in geoarchaeology, study of soils, and historical research.

Klappentext

This book reconstructs settlement patterns of fishing communities in Viking Age Iceland and proposes socio-economic and environmental models relevant to any study of the Vikings or the North Atlantic.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Reviewing Viking Studies and North Atlantic Realm Archaeological Research Chapter 3: Interdisciplinarity & Environmental History: setting the methodology Chapter 4: Sagas & Archives Chapter 5: Modelling the Exploitation of Aquatic Resources and the Emergence of Commercial Fishing in Iceland and the Faeroes Chapter 6: Geoarchaeology of the Emergence of Commercial Fishing: Testing Historical and Environmental Reconstructions of the Emergence of Commercial Fishing Chapter 7: Conclusion, Bibliography.