Dutch fishing and trading in Iceland and the Northern Isles of Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "More than Pots and Pipes: New Netherland and a World Made by Trade" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In recent years, several archaeological and historical projects have investigated the fishing and trading of German and Danish merchants and sailors with Iceland and the Northern Isles of Scotland (Shetland, Orkney). The archaeology of the Dutch in this remote part of the Old World is just emerging and indeed much needed. A number of early modern sites have now been excavated which revealed a great deal of Dutch artefacts, mostly ceramics, but systematic analysis is lacking. The paper gives an overview on sites excavated and on the artefact assemblages. This overview will be set within the framework of the Dutch expansion to the New World in that period.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022   •
• More than Pots and Pipes: New Netherland and a World Made by Trade

Keywords

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology