Pálstóftir

A Viking Age Shieling in Iceland

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ID6095048
AutoresGavin Lucas (0000-0003-1619-7955, University of Iceland, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume41
Fascículo1
Páginas85-100
Data de publicação2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNorwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00293650802069193
OpenAlexW2033388544
IdiomaHU
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas7

This paper discusses the recent excavation of a 10th century shieling in the highlands of eastern Iceland and places it in the context of other sites and research into Viking age shielings in the North Atlantic. Although the basic economic role of shielings in relation to livestock and summer transhumance is not contested, it is argued that a more complex interpretation needs to be developed around such sites, to consider their ideological and political status. The presence of ‘subsidiary activities’ is often a prominent element in the archaeological record of such sites; the site of Pálstóftir provides indications of small scale craftwork, hunting and magico‐religious practices which need to be made a more central part of interpretation

Ancient history · Archaeology · Cartography · Context (archaeology) · Ethnology · Excavation · Geography · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Political science · Politics · Scale (ratio) · Viking Age · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law