Moveable Wealth. Poverty and Plenty in Postmedieval Iceland

Author(s): Gavin M. Lucas

Year: 2023

Summary

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 paper explores the tension between moveable and immoveable wealth among different households and communities in postmedieval iceland. Drawing on archaeological research at several sites dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, the connections between human and object mobilities will be explored in relation to issues of social mobility in a society that remained substantially rural until the 19th century.

Cite this Record

Moveable Wealth. Poverty and Plenty in Postmedieval Iceland. Gavin M. Lucas. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Lisbon, Portugal. 2023 ( tDAR id: 475870)

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

General
Iceland Mobility Wealth

Geographic Keywords
Iceland

Spatial Coverage

min long: -24.538; min lat: 63.391 ; max long: -13.499; max lat: 66.536 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Nicole Haddow