essay
Contributions to the zooarchaeology of Iceland: some preliminary notes
anthropology of iceland • Iowa City • Published In 1989 • Pages: 203-227
By: Amorosi, Thomas.
Abstract
One of the more important tools in paleoeconomic reconstruction is zooarchaeology (or archaeozoology), a technique of faunal analysis which attempts to use excavated animal bone collection to gain an understanding of the relative importance of different species to past economies, seasonal patterns in exploitation, and changing herding strategies (p. 203). In this paper the author applies this technique to excavated animal bones from several sites located in the northeastern and southern coastal regions of Iceland. In the second part of this work Amorosi discusses to some length the '…impact of climatic change on Icelandic settlement and of the impact of the Icelandic settlement upon the island's natural resources: proposing a combination of climatic deterioration and environmental degradation as partial causes for the country's declining fortunes in late medieval and early modern times' (p. 214).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Scandinavia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- ca. 1980s
- Coverage Date
- 1400-1799
- Coverage Place
- northeastern and southern coasts of Iceland
- Notes
- Thomas Amorosi
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227)
- LCCN
- 894657
- LCSH
- Icelanders