Viking Settlers: Iceland and Faroes Compared
Discover how Viking settlers of Iceland and the Faroe Islands came from distinct Scandinavian origins, revealed by a new genetic study.
The Saga of the Faroe Islanders: A Perfect Story for Tarantino
Ever since reading The Saga of the Faroe Islanders I felt that it has the makings of a great Tarantino film.
The Faroe Islands were settled in the sixth century, researchers find
New evidence indicates that an unknown band of humans settled the Faroe Islands around 500 AD—some 350 years before the Vikings, who up until recently have been thought to have been the first human inhabitants.
Viking Faroes: Settlement, Paleoeconomy, and Chronology
The paper presents a synopsis of the current evidence for the settlement chronology and Viking Age to Early Medieval paleoeconomy of the Faroe Islands.
Local and Traditional on the Millennial Scale: Sustainable Waterfowl Management from Viking Age Iceland
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.
On the windy edge of nothing: Vikings in the North Atlantic World
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
The Faroe Islands were colonised much earlier than previously believed, and it wasn’t by the Vikings, according to new research.