1st Edition
Fish Trade in Medieval North Atlantic Societies An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human Ecodynamics
By Val Dufeu
Copyright 2018
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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Val Dufeu here 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. She integrates written sources, geoarchaeological data, and zooarchaeological data to examine how fishing propelled political change in the North Atlantic. The evolution of survival fishing to... Read more
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.
Biography
Val Dufeu, doctor of medieval and environmental history, is a consultant in geoarchaeology, study of soils, and historical research.
