Símun V Arge

Biographic Data

ID145665
NAMESímun V Arge
GIVEN NAMESSímun V
FAMILY NAMEArge
SIGNATUREARGE S V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Faroe Islands
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS87
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX5

  • Population genomics of the Viking world

    Open AccessAshot Margaryan, Daniel J Lawson et al.ARTICLENature2020

  • Aspects of Hanse archaeology in the Faroe Islands

    Open AccessSímun V ArgeARTICLEAmS-Skrifter2020

    Compared to the neighbouring countries in the North Atlantic, very few sites in the Faroe Islands can be interpreted as trading sites ascribed to German merchants. This paper deals with physical evidence found around the islands that might attest to such activity. It is based on place-name evidence, local oral traditions, and, not least, archaeological remains, such as buildings and artefacts. A few sites are examined, and the presence of the Ger…

  • Islands of change vs. islands of disaster

    Open AccessSeth Brewington, M Hicks et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2015Cited by: 11References: 19

    The offshore islands of the North Atlantic were among some of the last settled places on earth, with humans reaching the Faroes and Iceland in the late Iron Age and Viking period. While older accounts emphasizing deforestation and soil erosion have presented this story of island colonization as yet another social–ecological disaster, recent archaeological and paleoenvironmental research combined with environmental history, environmental humanitie…

  • Viking Faroes

    Open AccessSímun V ArgeARTICLEJournal of the North Atlantic2014Cited by: 1References: 10

    The paper presents a synopsis of the current evidence for the settlement chronology and Viking Age to Early Medieval paleoeconomy of the Faroe Islands. Special emphasis is placed on the recent interdisciplinary research carried out in the village of Sandur, on the island of Sandoy, as part of the Heart of the Atlantic project. A particularly important outcome of this recent work has been the wide application of scientific dating methods to the ea…

  • Pigs in the Faroe Islands

    Open AccessSímun V Arge, Mike J Church et al.ARTICLEJournal of the North Atlantic2009Cited by: 2References: 17

    This paper discusses the evidence for pig husbandry in the Faroes during the Norse and early Medieval periods. The evidence from zooarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology, and place-name evidence is reviewed, proposing that the keeping of pigs was an important part of the early paleoeconomy of the islands

  • Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c. AD 1000

    Open AccessPhilippa Ascough, P L Ascough et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2006Cited by: 16References: 5

    14 C age measurements made on samples from three archaeological sites located on North Atlantic coasts were used to investigate the marine reservoir effect (MRE) at c.AD 1000. This is an important period within human cultural and palaeoenvironmental research as it is a time when Norse expansion to the North Atlantic islands occurred, during what appears to be a period of ameliorating climatic conditions. This makes improved chronological precisio…

  • Puffins, Pigs, Cod and Barley

    Mike J Church, Símun V Arge et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2005Cited by: 16References: 10

    This paper reports on the zooarchaeological and archaeobotanical remains from the initial season of excavations at the Norse period site at Undir Junkarinsfløtti in the Faroe islands. These remains represent the first zooarchaeological analysis undertaken for the Faroes and only the third archaeobotanical assemblage published from the islands. The excavated deposits are described and the key findings from the palaeoenvironmental remains highlight…

  • Historical Ecology on Sandoy, Faroe Islands

    Open AccessIan T Lawson, Mike J Church et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2005Cited by: 27References: 45

    We present palaeoenvironmental, geomorphological, archaeological, and place-name data which allow a holistic assessment of the history of landscape change on Sandoy, Faroe Islands, especially in terms of the changes that occurred in response to the colonization of the island by humans. In contrast to other situations in the North Atlantic region, there is considerable continuity in the patterns and processes of landscape evolution across the init…

  • Viking and Medieval Settlement in the Faroes

    Open AccessSímun V Arge, Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2005Cited by: 14References: 12