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‘On the Apparitions of Drowned Men’: Unnatural Death, Folklore, and Bioarchaeology at Haffjarðarey, Western Iceland. (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah E. Hoffman.

This is an abstract from the "Burial, Space, and Memory of Unusual Death" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The church of Saint Nicholas at Haffjarðarey (1200 to 1563 CE) was active during two outbreaks of bubonic plague, religious transitions, and the establishment of the Icelandic fishing industry.  Both the church and cemetery were suddenly closed and abandoned in 1563 after the supposed sudden deaths of the priest and parishioners after...

Pottery Consumption in the 17th & 18th Centuries in Iceland (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jakob O. Jonsson.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Poverty And Plenty In The North", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This presentation will introduce some of the results of the presenter’s recent Doctoral dissertation which explored questions surrounding the consumption of imported goods in Iceland during its Monopoly Trade Period, which has been seen as a time of economic stagnation and material impoverishment while under the rule of a foreign power, by...

Recreating the Timing and Patterns of First Peopling with the Bayesian Approach (2017)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Magdalena Schmid.

The timing and patterns of first peopling offer exciting opportunities to understand the legacies of colonization. In particular, islands are defined territories where colonization processes can be tracked through a rigorous synthesis of empirical data and a systematic application of Bayesian statistics. Iceland provides one of the world’s premier case studies for human interactions of pristine ecosystems because its colonization in the 9th century occurred relatively late in history....

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IMAGE Aaron Kendall.

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IMAGE Aaron Kendall.

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IMAGE Aaron Kendall.

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IMAGE Aaron Kendall.

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IMAGE Aaron Kendall.

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IMAGE Aaron Kendall.

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IMAGE Aaron Kendall.

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