Schmid, Magdalena M.E., Dugmore, Andrew J., Newton, Anthony J., and Vésteinsson, Orri (2021) Multidisciplinary data from Iceland indicate a Viking age settlement flood, rather than a flow or tickle. In: Napolitano, Matthew F., Stone, Jessica H., and DiNapoli, Robert J., (eds.) The Archaeology of Island Colonization: global approaches to initial human settlement. Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology . University Press of Florida, pp. 132-179.

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Abstract

[Extract] The settlement of Iceland was one of the last acts in a global story of island colonization in prehistory that involved all of earth’s oceans and began deep in history. Understanding the timing and patterns of colonization in general, and the subsequent pace of environmental and cultural changes, is an intensely debated topic in island archaeology (chapters 9 and 10). Was settlement a trickle, flow, or a flood (Edwards 2012)? Debates typically revolve around the accuracy and precision of radiocarbon datasets, as some dates can be older or younger than the associated stratigraphy or archaeological material (chapter 7). Numerous attempts have been made to develop “chronometric hygiene” protocols (after Spriggs 1989; see also chapter 1) to screen data and to eliminate problematic dates. Nevertheless, the criteria used to establish robust radiocarbon chronologies vary around the world (Fitzpatrick 2006; Pettit et al. 2003; Napolitano et al. 2019; Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2015; Schmid et al. 2019; Spriggs and Anderson 1993; Waterbolk 1971).

Item ID:	76944
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	9780813066851
Keywords:	Radiocarbon dating, tephrochronology, island archaeology, colonisation, Iceland, Viking age
Funders:	Icelandic Research Fund
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2022 00:45
FoR Codes:	43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4301 Archaeology > 430101 Archaeological science @ 50% 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4301 Archaeology > 430104 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant @ 50%
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