Human and environmental change at North Atlantic coastal settlements, ca. AD 900-1700: a chronological perspective
<p>How environmental change affects human settlement is a research question that is becoming increasingly important to us in the twenty-first century. The North Atlantic, from ca. AD 900-1800, is currently one of the most well-studied regions and times for answering this research question....
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| author | Anderson, J |
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| description | <p>How environmental change affects human settlement is a research question that is becoming increasingly important to us in the twenty-first century. The North Atlantic, from ca. AD 900-1800, is currently one of the most well-studied regions and times for answering this research question. Norse exploration of the North Atlantic and subsequent colonisation and settlement – both short- and long-term – of the various islands there has been interpreted as a narrative of adaptation to new and changing environmental conditions. Although there is a relative wealth of archaeological and environmental data from the region, chronology remains an area needing further study. This thesis synthesises a wide range of scientific chronological data – constructing new chronologies for two small-scale landscapes in case studies from Iceland and Orkney, and then using Bayesian modelling to derive new analyses from published dating information throughout the region – in order to work towards a cohesive narrative of North Atlantic settlement and adaptation that includes scientific chronologies.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f1e55ad1-c690-4935-93df-249e593141712022-03-27T11:59:27ZHuman and environmental change at North Atlantic coastal settlements, ca. AD 900-1700: a chronological perspectiveThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:f1e55ad1-c690-4935-93df-249e59314171ORA Deposit2017Anderson, JGriffiths, DPollard, M<p>How environmental change affects human settlement is a research question that is becoming increasingly important to us in the twenty-first century. The North Atlantic, from ca. AD 900-1800, is currently one of the most well-studied regions and times for answering this research question. Norse exploration of the North Atlantic and subsequent colonisation and settlement – both short- and long-term – of the various islands there has been interpreted as a narrative of adaptation to new and changing environmental conditions. Although there is a relative wealth of archaeological and environmental data from the region, chronology remains an area needing further study. This thesis synthesises a wide range of scientific chronological data – constructing new chronologies for two small-scale landscapes in case studies from Iceland and Orkney, and then using Bayesian modelling to derive new analyses from published dating information throughout the region – in order to work towards a cohesive narrative of North Atlantic settlement and adaptation that includes scientific chronologies.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Anderson, J Human and environmental change at North Atlantic coastal settlements, ca. AD 900-1700: a chronological perspective |
| title | Human and environmental change at North Atlantic coastal settlements, ca. AD 900-1700: a chronological perspective |
| title_full | Human and environmental change at North Atlantic coastal settlements, ca. AD 900-1700: a chronological perspective |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Human and environmental change at North Atlantic coastal settlements, ca. AD 900-1700: a chronological perspective |
| title_short | Human and environmental change at North Atlantic coastal settlements, ca. AD 900-1700: a chronological perspective |
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