This document provides a list of terms and concepts that could appear on an upcoming midterm exam for an anthropology course about the Vikings. Some of the key terms include experimental archaeology, ethnographic examples, organic and inorganic materials, bog bodies, anaerobic environments, environmental archaeology, ice cores, climate change, tree rings and pollen analysis, soils, isotopic methods, carrying capacity, the Vikings, Norse, longships, Viking expansion, Scandinavia, Viking colonies, "push" and "pull" factors, Viking agriculture, iron working, and culture contact situations. Students are instructed to review these concepts in their lecture notes and textbook.
This document provides a list of terms and concepts that could appear on an upcoming midterm exam for an anthropology course about the Vikings. Some of the key terms include experimental archaeology, ethnographic examples, organic and inorganic materials, bog bodies, anaerobic environments, environmental archaeology, ice cores, climate change, tree rings and pollen analysis, soils, isotopic methods, carrying capacity, the Vikings, Norse, longships, Viking expansion, Scandinavia, Viking colonies, "push" and "pull" factors, Viking agriculture, iron working, and culture contact situations. Students are instructed to review these concepts in their lecture notes and textbook.
This document provides a list of terms and concepts that could appear on an upcoming midterm exam for an anthropology course about the Vikings. Some of the key terms include experimental archaeology, ethnographic examples, organic and inorganic materials, bog bodies, anaerobic environments, environmental archaeology, ice cores, climate change, tree rings and pollen analysis, soils, isotopic methods, carrying capacity, the Vikings, Norse, longships, Viking expansion, Scandinavia, Viking colonies, "push" and "pull" factors, Viking agriculture, iron working, and culture contact situations. Students are instructed to review these concepts in their lecture notes and textbook.
Please find below terms and concepts that could be on your next midterm. Make sure you find them in your lecture notes and in the book and read about them.
Experimental Archaeology Faeroe Islands
Ethnoarchaeology Iceland Ethnographic examples L’Anse aux Meadows site Inorganic material Successes and failures of Viking colonies Organic material Erik the Red Bog Bodies Leif Ericson Anaerobic environments Vinland Dry preservation Greenland Cold preservation Viking subsistence strategies Wet preservation Viking livestock Environmental Archaeology Viking agriculture Ice cores Viking economies and trade Mud Cores Inuit Entomology Multi-disciplinary studies and Geography Geoarchaeology Ice cores Ancient Environments Climate Change Doggerland (p246) Entomology Tree-rings and pollen (p. 250) Soil studies Fauna Isotope analysis Soils Soil and Turf Damage Diet (what did people eat) Sagas Fauna, flora and shell Inuit/Norse relations Domestication Greenland Norse Society Bones and teeth Skraelings Isotopic methods (p312) Sod/Turf houses Carrying capacity Viking Paganism The Vikings Viking Christianity Norse Atahualpa Longships Inca Empire Viking expansion Francisco Pizzaro Scandinavia Spanish Empire Lindisfarne Island, 793 1492 Viking colonies Columbian Exchange “push” and “pull" factors Infectious disease Dublin Different technologies Kiev Moctezuma Viking Agriculture Hernan Cortez Viking Iron Aztec Civilization Orkney Islands horses Shetland Islands Culture Contact situations