Whale Bone as Fuel at an Inland Farm in Early Modern Iceland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2620315
AutoresGeorge Hambrecht (0000-0002-9864-1521, University of Maryland, College Park, autor de correspondencia), Kevin S Gibbons, Kevin Gibbons (0000-0002-7216-4499, University of Maryland, College Park)
Año2018
Volumen55
Número1
Páginas63-72
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArctic Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-6939 • E-ISSN: 1933-8139
EditorialUniversity of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3368/aa.55.1.63
OpenAlexW2904758531
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas11

Excavation at Gröf, an early modern inland farm in Iceland’s southern Skaftártunga region, reveals a faunal assemblage dominated by fragmented and burned whale bone. To date, no other inland assemblages exhibiting these characteristics have been reported in Iceland. The presence of whale bone at an inland farm site in Iceland is itself peculiar, but the fact that in it is heavily fragmented and burned is even more unusual. It is hypothesized that whale bone was being used as a source of fuel and that this may indicate this farm had increased access to coastal resources. The presence of these burnt whale bones is examined in the context of the environmental, climatic and political/economic conditions of early modern Iceland

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Fishery · Geography · Whale · Zooarchaeology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Indigenous Studies and Ecology