Iceland's networked society : revealing how the global affairs of the Viking age created new forms of social complexity /
by Tara Carter.
- 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Northern World : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. peoples, economics and cultures, Volume 69 1569-1462 ; .
- Northern world ; Volume 69. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examining the process of secondary state development in Iceland -- Environmental constraints and the development of an autonomous secondary state -- The Norwegian world system : hegemonic colonial secondary state formation -- Examining the economic dimensions of early Icelandic society : a proposed methodology for multiregional settlement pattern analysis -- The archaeological survey of Hjaltadalur and Viovikursveit -- From independent traders to dependent tenants : reflections of an economic landscape in Skagafjorour -- The formation of a synergistic secondary state in the Norse economic territory.