The impacts of early ecological globalisation may have had profound economic and
environmental consequences for human settlements and animal populations. Here, we …

Walrus-tusk ivory and walrus-hide rope were highly desired goods in Viking Age north-west
Europe. New finds of walrus bone and ivory in early Viking Age contexts in Iceland are …

The Norse that settled Greenland between ca. AD 985 and 1450 were sedentary
agropastoralists that combined farming with hunting and organized after a North Atlantic …

How will archaeology contribute to agricultural sustainability? To address that question, this
overview reflects on the diverse and complementary ways that archaeology has advanced …

The importance of the Atlantic walrus ivory trade for the colonization, peak, and collapse of
the medieval Norse colonies on Greenland has been extensively debated. Nevertheless, no …

This paper contributes to recent studies exploring the longue durée of human impacts on
island landscapes, the impacts of climate and other environmental changes on human …

There is increasing evidence to suggest that arctic cultures and ecosystems have followed
non-linear responses to climate change. Norse Scandinavian farmers introduced agriculture …

The offshore islands of the North Atlantic were among some of the last settled places on
earth, with humans reaching the Faroes and Iceland in the late Iron Age and Viking period …

In largely treeless Arctic and subarctic environments driftwood is a key raw material, and this
was no less so in Norse Greenlandic society (AD 985–1450). Driftwood was used for various …

The book examines ideas about the making and sha** of Greenland's society,
environment, and resource spaces. It discusses how Greenland's resources have been …