Expanding Archaeological Research in Mývatnssveit: Conservation, Politics, and Modernity

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Celebrating Anna Kerttula's Contributions to Northern Research" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeological research in the Mývatn region of northern Iceland contributed the first regional-scale interdisciplinary archaeological program to Icelandic archaeology (e.g. Lucas 2009, McGovern et al. 2007). Until recently the regional project focused chiefly on the settlement period (beginning in the late 9th century) through approximately the 1300s. This paper details how excavations, surveys, and research since 2008 have broadened the understandings of this key region through the expansion of chronological scope, methodological improvements, and the assessment and sampling of additional archaeological sites. The long-term regional research program has created new opportunities for understanding Iceland's shifting rural economies, histories of resource conservation, and socio-political changes after the middle ages when the island became increasingly enmeshed in long distance political and economic networks.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Celebrating Anna Kerttula's Contributions to Northern Research

Keywords

Spatial Coverage

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 24092