Inhabiting Vatnsfjörður, Northwest Iceland: land, sea and movement
Author(s): Oscar Aldred
Year: 2013
Summary
In this paper I will examine the same locale, Vatnsfjörður, from the land and from the sea. Drawing on 19th and 20th century historical accounts and the surveying of archaeological sites, I will assess the degree to which taking a relational approach brings greater clarity to historical interpretation. The thesis is that relational approaches facilitate the actualization and the operation of strategies for understanding what it was like to live and work in a remote part of Iceland. The approach I take emphasizes the role of human and animal mobility, rhythm and syncopation, and symmetry in revealing several emergent and transformative perspectives. Along the way I will also make a critical commentary on relational and symmetrical approaches in historical archaeology.
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Inhabiting Vatnsfjörður, Northwest Iceland: land, sea and movement. Oscar Aldred. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428218)
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Keywords
General
Landscape
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Relations
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seascape
Geographic Keywords
United Kingdom
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Western Europe
Temporal Keywords
19th - 20th century and earlier
Spatial Coverage
min long: -8.158; min lat: 49.955 ; max long: 1.749; max lat: 60.722 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 534