"On the windy edge of nothing": A historical human ecology of the Faroe Islands

Human Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 585-596

  Edwards, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Humanecology; Norse; Paleoenvironments

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 31444438187     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-005-7678-9     Document Type: Article

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