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The Crofters’ Strategies And Adaptations In Times Of Expansion And Crisis (2023)
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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. Crofters, leasing their land and homes, were dependent on the landowners such as peasant and estates. The agricultural land attached to the crofts were seldom enough for a family to make a proper living. Therefore, crofters practised different odd jobs and handicrafts to make ends meet. Special opportunities were offered by iron works...