Interpreting Social Space and Social Status in the Viking Age House at Hrísbrú Using Integrated Geoarchaeological and Microrefuse Analyses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20037060 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Milek (0000-0002-8083-6240, corresponding author), Davide Zori (Baylor University), Colin Gioia Connors (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Colin Connors, Waltraud Baier, Kate Baker (0000-0003-2986-0584), Jesse L Byock (University of California, Los Angeles), Jesse Byock |
| Year | 2014 |
| Pages | 143-162 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Viking Archeology in Iceland (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brepols Publishers (PUBLISHER • BE) |
| DOI | 10.1484/m.cursor-eb.1.102218 |
| OpenAlex | W2479866340 |
| ISBN | 9782503544007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 17 |
The Viking North Atlantic differs significantly from the popular image of violent raids and destruction characterizing the Viking Age in Northern Europe. In Iceland, Scandinavian seafarers discovered and settled a large uninhabited island. In order to survive and succeed, they adapted lifestyles and social strategies to a new environment. The result was a new society: the Icelandic Free State. This volume examines the Viking Age in Iceland through the discoveries and excavations of the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) in Iceland’s Mosfell Valley. Directed by Professor Jesse Byock with Field Director Davide Zori, MAP brings together scholars and researchers from Iceland, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and the United States. The Project incorporates the disciplines of archaeology, history, saga studies, osteology, zoology, paleobotany, genetics, isotope studies, place-names studies, environmental science, and historical architecture. The decade-long research of MAP has led to the discovery of an exceptionally well-preserved Viking chieftain’s farmstead, including a longhouse, a pagan cremation site, a conversion-era stave church, and a Christian graveyard. The research results presented here tell the story of how the Mosfell Valley developed from a ninth-century settlement of Norse seafarers into a powerful Icelandic chieftaincy of the Viking Age
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| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |