Project Details: Landscapes of Settlement and Change: Long term human ecodynamics in Mývatnssveit

Project Description

Parent Project Title: Sub Projects	Mývatn Landscapes Project Hofstaðir Hrísheimar Höfðagerði Medieval farm sites trenched in Mývatnssveit Midden in Skútustaðir Saltvík Skútustaðir Excavation Steinbogi Sveigakot
Title:	Landscapes of Settlement and Change: Long term human ecodynamics in Mývatnssveit
Keywords:	Iceland ecodynamics historical ecology Myvatn
Sponsors/Funders	RANNIS, US NSF, National Geographic Society, Leverhulm Trust, CUNY Northern Science & Education
Country	Iceland
Project Start Year	1996
Project End Year	Ongoing

Contact:	Thomas H McGovern
Address	Dept Anthropology Hunter College CUNY 695 Park Ave New York NY 10021
Postcode	10021
Telephone	001 2152970373
Email	thomas.h.mcgovern@gmail.com

	This is a pdf of a paper on the unexpected presence of substantial amounts of marine fish and bird bone on inland sites of the Viking Period in Myvatn. Originally published in Environmental Archaeology
	This is a final draft of a chapter (Zooarchaeology) for the oncoming Hofstadir monograph edited by Gavin Lucas. Some minor changes will be made prior to publication. Contact Tom McGovern (nabo@voicenet.com) for updates.
	This is the result of a set of email exchanges- Orri Vesteinsson provides some excellent data on historical evidence for sheep wool production/ consumption. Please cite as pers. com. Orri Vesteinsson