Pigs in the Faroe Islands: An ancient facet of the islands’ paleoeconomy

Arge, S.V.; Church, M.J.; Brewington, S.

Pigs in the Faroe Islands: An ancient facet of the islands’ paleoeconomy

Arge, S.V.; Church, M.J.; Brewington, S.

Authors

S.V. Arge

Professor Mike Church m.j.church@durham.ac.uk
Professor

S. Brewington

Abstract

This paper discusses the evidence for pig husbandry in the Faroes during the Norse and early Medieval periods. The evidence from zooarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology and place-name evidence is reviewed, proposing that the keeping of pigs was an important part of the early paleoeconomy of the islands.

Citation

Arge, S., Church, M., & Brewington, S. (2009). Pigs in the Faroe Islands: An ancient facet of the islands’ paleoeconomy. Journal of the North Atlantic, 2, 19-32

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	May 1, 2009
Deposit Date	May 22, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Oct 10, 2014
Journal	Journal of the North Atlantic
Print ISSN	1935-1933
Electronic ISSN	1935-1933
Publisher	Eagle Hill Institute
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2
Pages	19-32
Publisher URL	http://www.eaglehill.us/JONAonline/articles/JONA-Vol-2/05-Arge,%20Church,%20and%20Brewington.shtml

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