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dc.contributor.advisorOram, Richard-
dc.contributor.advisorSimpson, Ian-
dc.contributor.authorDufeu, Valerie-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-22T14:27:55Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-22T14:27:55Z-
dc.date.issued2012-02-22-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/3652-
dc.description.abstractOver the past two decades, environmental history as an approach to the understanding and explanation of historical processes has become gradually fashionable amongst academics; empirical data collected over the North Atlantic proposed new trends with regards to economic patterns during the Viking Age. The increasing number of Viking Age sites exposed in Iceland, the amount of zooarchaeological collections highlighting an abundant presence of fish bones in the overall archaeofauna, together with one’s expertise in environmental history as well as a strong interest in socio-economic development during the Viking Age and medieval periods were many factors which help identify strengths and weaknesses with regards to the understanding of the emergence of commercial fish trade in Iceland, and to a lesser extent, the Faeroe Islands. The thesis proposes a new theory with regards to human adaptation to new environments, and subsequent economic developments based on the commercial exploitation of fish. The interdisciplinary aspect of this project using cultural sediment analysis and zooarchaeology, as well as concepts from anthropology and economic anthropology, allows for the theory to be tested by empirical data. This thesis has been published as a monograph which can be found at: http://en.aup.nl/books/9789462983212-fish-trade-in-medieval-north-atlantic-societies.htmlen_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.subjectEnvironmental historyen_GB
dc.subjectIceland medieval historyen_GB
dc.subjectFishing historyen_GB
dc.subjectEconomic history of Viking Age Icelanden_GB
dc.subjectFaeroes environmental historyen_GB
dc.subjectSettlement patterns of fishing communities in the North Atlanticen_GB
dc.subjectFaeroes medieval historyen_GB
dc.subjectHuman ecodynamics in the North Atlantic from the ninth centuryen_GB
dc.subjectIceland economic settlementen_GB
dc.subjectFish trade in Iceland and the Faeroesen_GB
dc.subjectEmergence of commercial fishing in Iceland and the Faeroes, c.800-1480en_GB
dc.subjectMulti-disciplinary research in Historyen_GB
dc.subjectEmergence of commercial fishing in Viking Age North Atlantic Realmen_GB
dc.subjectViking Age and Early Medieval socio-economic patterns in Iceland and the Faeroesen_GB
dc.subject.lcshFish trade Iceland History To 1500en_GB
dc.subject.lcshFish trade Faroe Islands Historyen_GB
dc.subject.lcshHuman ecology North Atlantic Regionen_GB
dc.titleHuman Ecodynamics in the North Atlantic: environmental and interdisciplinary reconstructions of the emergence of fish trade in Iceland and the Faeroes, c.800-1480en_GB
dc.typeThesis or Dissertationen_GB
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_GB
dc.type.qualificationnameDoctor of Philosophyen_GB
dc.rights.embargodate2999-12-31-
dc.rights.embargoreasonThe thesis was funded by the AHRC prior to their policy requiring the full-text to be openly available within 12 months. At the time this thesis was funded, the AHRC policy governing ‘publication and dissemination of research’ was that: “the results of the research it supports should be disseminated as widely as possible, for the benefit of other researchers and of the wider community”: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/documents/guides/studentship-grants-terms-conditions-and-guidance/. The AHRC policy also stated: “If any postgraduate training is likely to produce results or products that might be commercially exploited, it is important to ensure that any potential benefits can be realised” and was “concerned to ensure that both students and Research Organisations can benefit from such exploitation”. In this case the student is publishing a monograph as the primary mode of dissemination. To ensure the author benefits from this commercial exploitation the copy of the thesis in this repository is embargoed.en_GB
dc.contributor.funderThis work was fully funded by the AHRC, Financial support has been provided by the Economic Society and the Viking Society for Northern Research who funded this project’s fieldworks in Iceland and the Faeroes University who partly funded the Faeroes fieldwork. NABO (North Atlantic Biocultural Organization)partly sponsored fieldworks in Icelanden_GB
dc.identifier.urlhttp://en.aup.nl/books/9789462983212-fish-trade-in-medieval-north-atlantic-societies.html-
dc.author.emailvalerie.dufeu@stir.ac.uken_GB
dc.rights.embargoterms2999-12-31-
dc.rights.embargoliftdate2999-12-31-
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