Fish trade in Medieval North Atlantic societies : an interdisciplinary approach to human ecodynamics /

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Val Dufeu here reconstructs settlement patterns of fishing communities in Viking Age Iceland and proposes socio-economic and environmental models relevant to any study of the Vikings or the North Atlantic. She integrates written sources, geoarchaeological data, and zooarchaeological data to examine...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dufeu, Val (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Series:Early medieval North Atlantic.
Subjects:
500-1500
Fish trade > North Atlantic Region > History.
Fishing villages > North Atlantic Region.
Commerce > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
Poisson (Aliment) > Commerce > Atlantique Nord, Région de l' > Histoire.
Villages de pêcheurs > Atlantique Nord, Région de l'.
Commerce > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Medieval history.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Commerce > Medieval
Fish trade
Fishing villages
North Atlantic Region
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Val Dufeu here reconstructs settlement patterns of fishing communities in Viking Age Iceland and proposes socio-economic and environmental models relevant to any study of the Vikings or the North Atlantic. She integrates written sources, geoarchaeological data, and zooarchaeological data to examine how fishing propelled political change in the North Atlantic. The evolution of survival fishing to internal fish markets to overseas fish trade mirrors wider social changes in the Vikings? world.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index.
ISBN:9789048533145
9048533147

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