Sigrún Dögg Eddudóttir
Biographic Data
| ID | 217986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sigrún Dögg Eddudóttir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sigrún Dögg |
| FAMILY NAME | Eddudóttir |
| SIGNATURE | EDDUDÓTTIR S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8632-8191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Tracking medieval and early modern expansion of livestock farming in Sweden’s boreal forest: Two high-resolution studies of pollen, coprophilous fungi and charcoal from Hälsingland and Jämtland
Today much of northern Europe’s boreal forest is managed for commercial forestry. But up to the early 20th century it was a landscape of smallholder farming, with rearing of cattle, goats and sheep the key economic activity. In the boreal forest ‘outlands’ of central Sweden, previous palaeoecological research has shown there to be a long history to this farming, stretching back to the 1st millennium ad in many areas, and the 1st millennium bc in …
Saga, settlement and sediments at Helgafell, western Iceland
Conservation or Development? Challenging the Heritagization of Shielings in Transitional Times, for Climate Mitigation and (Post-)Pandemic Development
The classic Scandinavian shieling consisted of a fenced site on outlying lands with meadows and structures for dwelling, stabling livestock, and processing milk. Through dismantling of rural, forested areas, competition for forest use and heritagization, shielings have been marginalized in today’s agrarian life and framed as relics of an outdated system. Shieling owners, like small-scale farmers all over Europe, face challenges including economic…
Hunter-gatherer farming during the first millennium bce in inland, boreal landscapes: New pollen analytical and archaeological evidence from Dalarna, central Sweden
The archaeological evidence of a sedentary hunter-gatherer society during the early metal ages, i.e. the first and second millennia bce , in the central Scandinavian boreal inlands has previously been overlooked. In order to gain a deeper understanding of these past societies we have combined archaeological data with landscape-scale changes based on pollen records. The combined record clearly indicates landscape use characterized by domestication…
Landnám , Land Use and Landscape Change at Kagaðarhóll in Northwest Iceland
Palaeoecological studies from across Iceland, in tandem with historical and archaeological examinations, have helped improve our understanding of patterns and processes involved in the initial settlement of Iceland. Here, we present a new high resolution reconstruction of vegetation and landscape dynamics for the farm Kagaðarhóll, a lowland site in Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwest Iceland, a region with a notable scarcity of known archaeological …
The history of settlement and agrarian land use in a boreal forest in Värmland, Sweden, new evidence from pollen analysis
Shielings are the historically known form of transhumance in Scandinavia, where livestock were moved from the farmstead to sites in the outlands for summer grazing. Pollen analysis has provided a valuable insight into the history of shielings. This paper presents a vegetation reconstruction and archaeological survey from the shieling Kårebolssätern in northern Värmland, western Sweden, a renovated shieling that is still operating today. The first…
The vegetation and land use histories of two farms in Iceland: Settlement, monasticism, and tenancy
Pollen, Plague & Protestants: The Medieval Monastery of Þingeyrar (Þingeyraklaustur) in Northern Iceland
Until recently, Icelandic monasticism has been considered remote from European monasticism and that it had little impact upon medieval Icelandic society. Focussing upon a monastic site in northern Iceland (Þingeyraklaustur), palaeoecological data is utilised to explore the role of Icelandic monasticism with regard to land use in order to discern whether or not the aforementioned conventions hold true. In particular, are changes in land use associ…
Effects of the Hekla 4 tephra on vegetation in Northwest Iceland
Life on the periphery is tough: Vegetation in Northwest Iceland and its responses to early-Holocene warmth and later climate fluctuations
Long- and short-term climate variations in the North Atlantic have been of sufficient magnitude to leave a discernible mark on the history of vegetation and landscape stability in Iceland during the Holocene. A reconstruction of early- and mid-Holocene vegetation around Lake Kagaðarhóll, Northwest Iceland, examines how climate fluctuations have affected the terrestrial ecosystem. A thorough reconstruction has been made using pollen and plant macr…
The vegetation and land use histories of two farms in Iceland: Settlement, monasticism, and tenancy
Pollen, Plague & Protestants: The Medieval Monastery of Þingeyrar (Þingeyraklaustur) in Northern Iceland
Until recently, Icelandic monasticism has been considered remote from European monasticism and that it had little impact upon medieval Icelandic society. Focussing upon a monastic site in northern Iceland (Þingeyraklaustur), palaeoecological data is utilised to explore the role of Icelandic monasticism with regard to land use in order to discern whether or not the aforementioned conventions hold true. In particular, are changes in land use associ…
Effects of the Hekla 4 tephra on vegetation in Northwest Iceland
Life on the periphery is tough: Vegetation in Northwest Iceland and its responses to early-Holocene warmth and later climate fluctuations
Long- and short-term climate variations in the North Atlantic have been of sufficient magnitude to leave a discernible mark on the history of vegetation and landscape stability in Iceland during the Holocene. A reconstruction of early- and mid-Holocene vegetation around Lake Kagaðarhóll, Northwest Iceland, examines how climate fluctuations have affected the terrestrial ecosystem. A thorough reconstruction has been made using pollen and plant macr…
The history of settlement and agrarian land use in a boreal forest in Värmland, Sweden, new evidence from pollen analysis
Shielings are the historically known form of transhumance in Scandinavia, where livestock were moved from the farmstead to sites in the outlands for summer grazing. Pollen analysis has provided a valuable insight into the history of shielings. This paper presents a vegetation reconstruction and archaeological survey from the shieling Kårebolssätern in northern Värmland, western Sweden, a renovated shieling that is still operating today. The first…
Hunter-gatherer farming during the first millennium bce in inland, boreal landscapes: New pollen analytical and archaeological evidence from Dalarna, central Sweden
The archaeological evidence of a sedentary hunter-gatherer society during the early metal ages, i.e. the first and second millennia bce , in the central Scandinavian boreal inlands has previously been overlooked. In order to gain a deeper understanding of these past societies we have combined archaeological data with landscape-scale changes based on pollen records. The combined record clearly indicates landscape use characterized by domestication…
Life on the periphery is tough: Vegetation in Northwest Iceland and its responses to early-Holocene warmth and later climate fluctuations
Long- and short-term climate variations in the North Atlantic have been of sufficient magnitude to leave a discernible mark on the history of vegetation and landscape stability in Iceland during the Holocene. A reconstruction of early- and mid-Holocene vegetation around Lake Kagaðarhóll, Northwest Iceland, examines how climate fluctuations have affected the terrestrial ecosystem. A thorough reconstruction has been made using pollen and plant macr…
Effects of the Hekla 4 tephra on vegetation in Northwest Iceland
Pollen, Plague & Protestants: The Medieval Monastery of Þingeyrar (Þingeyraklaustur) in Northern Iceland
Until recently, Icelandic monasticism has been considered remote from European monasticism and that it had little impact upon medieval Icelandic society. Focussing upon a monastic site in northern Iceland (Þingeyraklaustur), palaeoecological data is utilised to explore the role of Icelandic monasticism with regard to land use in order to discern whether or not the aforementioned conventions hold true. In particular, are changes in land use associ…
Landnám , Land Use and Landscape Change at Kagaðarhóll in Northwest Iceland
Palaeoecological studies from across Iceland, in tandem with historical and archaeological examinations, have helped improve our understanding of patterns and processes involved in the initial settlement of Iceland. Here, we present a new high resolution reconstruction of vegetation and landscape dynamics for the farm Kagaðarhóll, a lowland site in Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwest Iceland, a region with a notable scarcity of known archaeological …
The history of settlement and agrarian land use in a boreal forest in Värmland, Sweden, new evidence from pollen analysis
Shielings are the historically known form of transhumance in Scandinavia, where livestock were moved from the farmstead to sites in the outlands for summer grazing. Pollen analysis has provided a valuable insight into the history of shielings. This paper presents a vegetation reconstruction and archaeological survey from the shieling Kårebolssätern in northern Värmland, western Sweden, a renovated shieling that is still operating today. The first…
The vegetation and land use histories of two farms in Iceland: Settlement, monasticism, and tenancy
Conservation or Development? Challenging the Heritagization of Shielings in Transitional Times, for Climate Mitigation and (Post-)Pandemic Development
The classic Scandinavian shieling consisted of a fenced site on outlying lands with meadows and structures for dwelling, stabling livestock, and processing milk. Through dismantling of rural, forested areas, competition for forest use and heritagization, shielings have been marginalized in today’s agrarian life and framed as relics of an outdated system. Shieling owners, like small-scale farmers all over Europe, face challenges including economic…
Hunter-gatherer farming during the first millennium bce in inland, boreal landscapes: New pollen analytical and archaeological evidence from Dalarna, central Sweden
The archaeological evidence of a sedentary hunter-gatherer society during the early metal ages, i.e. the first and second millennia bce , in the central Scandinavian boreal inlands has previously been overlooked. In order to gain a deeper understanding of these past societies we have combined archaeological data with landscape-scale changes based on pollen records. The combined record clearly indicates landscape use characterized by domestication…
Saga, settlement and sediments at Helgafell, western Iceland
Tracking medieval and early modern expansion of livestock farming in Sweden’s boreal forest: Two high-resolution studies of pollen, coprophilous fungi and charcoal from Hälsingland and Jämtland
Today much of northern Europe’s boreal forest is managed for commercial forestry. But up to the early 20th century it was a landscape of smallholder farming, with rearing of cattle, goats and sheep the key economic activity. In the boreal forest ‘outlands’ of central Sweden, previous palaeoecological research has shown there to be a long history to this farming, stretching back to the 1st millennium ad in many areas, and the 1st millennium bc in …
Geography (9 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Vegetation (pathology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Climate change (4 works) · Geological formations and processes (4 works) · Physical geography (4 works)