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Icelandic Settlement

Icelandic Settlement is a historical migration and colonization process, within the broader study of Viking Age expansion, distinguished by the systematic Norse appropriation and establishment of permanent farming communities in Iceland during the late ninth to tenth centuries.

146

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6.3K

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341

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140

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2017–2026

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Landnám

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Publications

146

Estimating Scandinavian and Gaelic Ancestry in the Male Settlers of Iceland

Agnar Helgason, Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, Jayne Nicholson et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2000 · 237 citations · Full text

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Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of Human Impact and Climate Fluctuation on the Millennial Scale

Thomas H. McGovern, Orri Vésteinsson, Adolf Friðriksson et al. · American Anthropologist · 2007 · 203 citations · Full text

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Form and dimensions of dykes in eastern Iceland

Ágúst Guðmundsson · Tectonophysics · 1983 · 184 citations

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Norse Greenland Settlement: Reflections on Climate Change, Trade, and the Contrasting Fates of Human Settlements in the North Atlantic Islands

Andrew Dugmore, Christian Keller, Thomas H. McGovern · Arctic Anthropology · 2007 · 176 citations

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Icelandic Case and the Structure of Events

Peter Svenonius · The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics · 2002 · 166 citations

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Authors

341

  1. AD
    Andrew Dugmore

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 699 citations

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  2. TH
    Thomas H. McGovern

    Hunter College, United States

    10 publications · 856 citations

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  3. KJ
    Kevin J. Edwards

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 404 citations

    7

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  4. OV
    Orri Vésteinsson

    University of Iceland, Iceland

    7 publications · 421 citations

    7

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  5. MJ
    Mike J. Church

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 371 citations

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Institutions

140

  1. University of Iceland

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    21 h-index

    58 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    787 citations

  4. Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    930 citations

  5. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    299 citations

  6. deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    5 h-index

    27 publications

    3K citations

  7. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    696 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the North Atlantic

    JONA · 9 publications · 136 citations

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  2. Environmental Archaeology

    8 publications · 287 citations

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  3. Norwegian Archaeological Review

    5 publications · 185 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 228 citations

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