Inhabited by Vikings since approximately 600 AD, the islands hosts an abundant, but terribly fragile resource, puffins, flightless birds that nest on rocky exposed cliffs, in easy range of the islanders other prime food source, pigs.
Local and Traditional on the Millennial Scale: Sustainable Waterfowl Management from Viking Age Iceland
March 9, 2015 By
From Asset in War to Asset in Diplomacy: Orkney in the Medieval Realm of Norway
May 5, 2014 By
This paper looks at how Orkney figured in Norwegian royal strategies in the west and presents key examples which show its transition from a tool of war to a forum for peace.
On the windy edge of nothing: Vikings in the North Atlantic World
December 29, 2013 By
With a focus upon the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, Kevin Edwards will present a select narrative of past and recent writings, archaeological enquiry and scientific research concerning the Norse settlement of the North Atlantic.
Faroe Islands were first colonized between 4th to 6th century AD, archaeologists find
September 18, 2013 By
The Faroe Islands were colonised much earlier than previously believed, and it wasn’t by the Vikings, according to new research.
Adventures far from home: Hanseatic trade with the Faroe Islands
December 3, 2012 By
he voyage to Iceland, now a major destina- tion, took about four weeks (gardiner & mehler 2007, 403; Krause 2010, 150). The Faroe Islands are situated more or less in the middle of that distance and provided a fine stop-over. The islands were an additional market for their trade business and in case of storms offered a safe and most welcome shelter.
A Viking-Age Shieling in Skarðsvík, Fugloy, Faroe Islands
April 16, 2011 By
Viking and Medieval Settlement in the Faroes: People, Place and Environment
December 20, 2010 By
Viking and Medieval Settlement in the Faroes: People, Place and Environment By Símun V. Arge , Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir , Kevin J. Edwards and Paul C. Buckland Human Ecology, Vol. 33, No. 5 (2005) Abstract: Apart from the possible, but unproven presence of some Irish hermits, the Norse colonizers of the Faroe Islands arrived in an […]
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