The Peopling of Iceland
The Peopling of Iceland
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冰岛的人口
DOI：
10.1080/00293652.2012.721792
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
0.6
通讯作者：
T. Mcgovern
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作者：
Orri Vésteinsson;T. Mcgovern
近年来，对冰岛维京海盗时代的深入考古研究产生了许多新证据，支持9世纪末对该国的殖民。现在可以说，不仅人们在公元870年之前到达冰岛，而且全面占领只是在该日期之后发生的。新的考古数据的时间分辨率提高，不仅可以描述殖民化的不同阶段，而且还支持对移民规模和速度的评估。在本文中，我们报告的结果，实地考察在Mvatnssveit，东北冰岛，在那里超过30个网站进行了调查，从小型测试沟槽大规模的开放区域挖掘。我们认为，根据Mvatnssveit的数据，在不到20年的时间里，至少有24，000人被运送到冰岛，以解释Mvatn遗址的日期和密度。在缺乏，到目前为止，从其他地区的国家，这些结论必须保持假设，但如果支持进一步的工作，他们将有显着的影响，我们的理解第一次人口的全新世农业人口一般和维京海盗时代的移民，特别是。
In recent years intensive archaeological research on the Viking Age in Iceland has produced much new evidence supporting a late 9th century colonization of the country. It can now be stated not only that people had arrived in Iceland before AD 870 but also that comprehensive occupation only took place after that date. The increased temporal resolution of the new archaeological data not only allows the characterization of different phases of the colonization but also supports assessments of the scale and rate of the immigration. In this paper we report the results of fieldwork in Mývatnssveit, NE-Iceland, where more than 30 sites have been investigated, ranging from small test trenches to large-scale open area excavations. We argue, based on the Mývatnssveit data, that a minimum of 24,000 people must have been transported to Iceland in less than 20 years to account for the dates and density of the Mývatn sites. In the absence, so far, of comparable data from other parts of the country these conclusions must remain hypothetical but if supported by further work they will have significant implications for our understanding of first peopling of Holocene farming populations in general and of Viking Age migrations in particular.