Seals and Sea Ice in Medieval Greenland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4628151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A E J Ogilvie (0000-0001-9711-7878, corresponding author), James Woollett (0000-0002-8535-1592), James M Woollett, Konrad Smiarowski, Jette Arneborg (0000-0003-2195-3727, National Museum of Denmark), Simon Troelstra, S R Troelstra (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Antoon Kuijpers (0000-0002-3733-5440), Albina Pálsdóttir, Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir (0000-0002-5290-6862), Thomas H Mcgovern |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 60-80 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the North Atlantic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1935-1933 • E-ISSN: 1935-1933 |
| Publisher | Journal of the North Atlantic (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3721/037.002.0107 |
| OpenAlex | W2029158623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 43 |
Multidisciplinary approaches are used to examine possible changes in North Atlantic sea-ice cover, in the context of seal hunting, during the period of the Norse occupation of Greenland (ca. 985–1500). Information from Iceland is also used in order to amplify and illuminate the situation in Greenland. Data are drawn mainly from zooarchaeological analyses, but written records of climate and sea-ice variations, as well as paleoclimatic data sets are also discussed. Although it should be noted that any use of seal bones from excavated archaeofauna (animal bone collections from archaeological sites) must recognize the filtering effects of past human economic organization, technology, and seal-hunting strategies, it is suggested that differing biological requirements of the six seal species most commonly found in Arctic/North Atlantic regions may provide a potential proxy for past climate, in particular sea-ice conditions. It is concluded that an increase in the taking of harp seals, as opposed to common seals, in the Norse Greenland “Eastern Settlement” in the late-fourteenth century, may reflect an increase in summer drift-ice
Archaeology · Arctic · Arctic ice pack · Geography · Physical geography · Sea ice · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Marine animal studies overview · Geology · Oceanography
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |