Fish Trade in Medieval North Atlantic Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human Ecodynamics
Fish Trade in Medieval North Atlantic Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human Ecodynamics
by Val Dufeu
Amsterdam University Press, 2018 Paper: 978-94-6298-321-2 | eISBN: 978-90-485-3314-5
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Val Dufeu here reconstructs settlement patterns of fishing communities in Viking Age Iceland and proposes socio-economic and environmental models relevant to any study of the Vikings or the North Atlantic. She integrates written sources, geoarchaeologicaldata, and zooarchaeological data to examine how fishing propelled political change in the North Atlantic. The evolution of survival fishing to internal fish markets to overseas fish trade mirrors wider social changes in the Vikings’ world.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Val Dufeu, doctor of medieval and environmental history, is a consultant in geoarchaeology, study of soils, and historical research.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Reviewing Viking Studies and North Atlantic Realm Archaeological ResearchChapter 3: Interdisciplinarity & Environmental History: setting the methodologyChapter 4: Sagas & ArchivesChapter 5: Modelling the Exploitation of Aquatic Resources and the Emergence of Commercial Fishing in Iceland and the FaeroesChapter 6: Geoarchaeology of the Emergence of Commercial Fishing: Testing Historical and Environmental Reconstructions of the Emergence of Commercial FishingChapter 7: ConclusionBibliography