Feasting in Viking Age Iceland: sustaining a chiefly political economy in a marginal environment

Davide Zorie; Jesse Byock; Egill Erlendsson; Steve Martin; Thomas Wake; Kevin J. Edwards

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00048687

Feasting in Viking Age Iceland: sustaining a chiefly political economy in a marginal environment

Davide Zorie, Jesse Byock, Egill Erlendsson, Steve Martin, Thomas Wake, Kevin J. Edwards

Geography & Environment

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

35 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The authors show that the principal correlates of feasting in Viking Age Iceland were beef and barley, while feasting itself is here the primary instrument of social action. Documentary references, ethnographic analogies, archaeological excavation and biological analyses are woven together to present an exemplary procedure for the recognition of feasting more widely.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	150-165
Number of pages	16
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	87
Issue number	335
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00048687
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

Keywords

Iceland
palaeoeconomy
archaeology
Viking
Viking period
first millenium AD
ninth century AD
feasting
hall
social control
chiefly politics
cattle
barley
beer

Access to Document

10.1017/S0003598X00048687

Cite this

@article{d40164ff079842e09784ab9b9a053950,

title = "Feasting in Viking Age Iceland: sustaining a chiefly political economy in a marginal environment",

abstract = "The authors show that the principal correlates of feasting in Viking Age Iceland were beef and barley, while feasting itself is here the primary instrument of social action. Documentary references, ethnographic analogies, archaeological excavation and biological analyses are woven together to present an exemplary procedure for the recognition of feasting more widely.",

keywords = "Iceland, palaeoeconomy, archaeology, Viking, Viking period, first millenium AD, ninth century AD, feasting , hall , social control, chiefly politics, cattle , barley , beer",

author = "Davide Zorie and Jesse Byock and Egill Erlendsson and Steve Martin and Thomas Wake and Edwards, {Kevin J.}",

year = "2013",

month = mar,

doi = "10.1017/S0003598X00048687",

language = "English",

volume = "87",

pages = "150--165",

journal = "Antiquity",

issn = "0003-598X",

publisher = "Antiquity Ltd",

number = "335",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Feasting in Viking Age Iceland

T2 - sustaining a chiefly political economy in a marginal environment

AU - Zorie, Davide

AU - Byock, Jesse

AU - Erlendsson, Egill

AU - Martin, Steve

AU - Wake, Thomas

AU - Edwards, Kevin J.

PY - 2013/3

Y1 - 2013/3

N2 - The authors show that the principal correlates of feasting in Viking Age Iceland were beef and barley, while feasting itself is here the primary instrument of social action. Documentary references, ethnographic analogies, archaeological excavation and biological analyses are woven together to present an exemplary procedure for the recognition of feasting more widely.

AB - The authors show that the principal correlates of feasting in Viking Age Iceland were beef and barley, while feasting itself is here the primary instrument of social action. Documentary references, ethnographic analogies, archaeological excavation and biological analyses are woven together to present an exemplary procedure for the recognition of feasting more widely.

KW - Iceland

KW - palaeoeconomy

KW - archaeology

KW - Viking

KW - Viking period

KW - first millenium AD

KW - ninth century AD

KW - feasting

KW - hall

KW - social control

KW - chiefly politics

KW - cattle

KW - barley

KW - beer

U2 - 10.1017/S0003598X00048687

DO - 10.1017/S0003598X00048687

M3 - Article

SN - 0003-598X

VL - 87

SP - 150

EP - 165

JO - Antiquity

JF - Antiquity

IS - 335

ER -

Feasting in Viking Age Iceland: sustaining a chiefly political economy in a marginal environment

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this