Icelandic Paleoeconomy Project

麦戈文博士和他的同事将进行考古 挖掘在大型和深分层农场midden网站的 斯瓦尔巴群岛，冰岛。 1987年的初步工作表明， 有机物保存得很好， 有许多物种（食物残留）。 年夏天 1988年，该小组将在 斯瓦尔巴特群岛建立主要存款年表使用 文物火山喷发和放射性碳年代测定 他们会收集 动物骨骼、人工制品、花粉、大型植物和小型动物 我们仍然牢记两个目标： 并记录居民的反应 到它。 公元800 - 1000年，维京时代的斯堪的纳维亚人 带着一口井进入北大西洋的岛屿 发达的航海传统和自给自足的经济基础 家畜和一些谷物。 当他们进入新的 他们将其改造为包括野生资源， 随时可用。 冰岛的考古学可以解释这一点 这是一个自适应的过程，特别有趣，因为它 提供了人类如何科普边缘化的洞察力。 环境. 开始CA。公元1250年， 被称为“小冰河时代”（LIA）的冷却开始了。 这影响 维京海盗的殖民地，并对当地居民施加了巨大的压力。 斯瓦尔巴特群岛遗址特别有趣，因为它 记录了这段时间以及麦戈文博士恢复的数据 将为人类如何适应严重的 气候压力 因为动物和植物的材料 保留详细的生活重建将是可能的。

Dr. McGovern and his colleagues will conduct archaeological excavation at the large and deeply stratified farm midden site of Svalbard, Iceland. Preliminary work in 1987 indicated that organic preservation is excellent and the skeletal remains from a number of species (food remains) are present. In the summer of 1988, the team will conduct extensive stratigraphic excavation at Svalbard to establish the chronology of the main deposit using artifacts, tephera and radiocarbon dating. They will collect animal bone, artifacts, pollen macrofloral and micorfaunal remains with two goals in mind: to reconstruct changing environment over time and to document the inhabitant's response to it. Between 800 - 1000 AD Viking-age Scandinavian populations spread into the islands of the North Atlantic taking with them a well- developed seafaring tradition and a subsistence economy based upon domestic animals and some cereals. As they moved into new regions they adapted this to include wild resources which were readily available. Archaeology in Iceland can shed light on this adaptive process and is especially interesting because it provides insight into how human populations cope in marginal environments. Beginning ca. 1250 AD a significant climatic cooling known as the "Little Ice Age" (LIA) began. This affected the Viking colonies and placed great stress on local populations. The Svalbard site is particularly interesting because it documents this period and the data which Dr. McGovern recovers will provide insight into how human populations adapt to severe climatic stress. Because faunal and floral material is so well preserved detailed subsistence reconstruction will be possible.