Cereal cultivation in Mykines, Faroe Islands AD 600

Jóhannes Jóhansen

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    Resumé

    This paper deals with investigations made by the author on some old, now abandoned fields in Mykines, The Faroe Islands. The results show that corn has grown in these fields - first oat (Avena), later barley (Hordeum). The beginning of the cultivation is radiocarbon dated to about AD 600. It is concluded that it was started by Irish hermits who according to the literature are said to have lived on the Faroes. It is assumed that the later cultivation of barley was done by Nordic settlers, but this layer cannot be dated.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelDGU Årbog 1978
    ForlagDGU
    Sider93-103
    Antal sider11
    ISBN (Trykt)87-421-1111-1
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 1 nov. 1979

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    NavnDGU Årbog
    Vol/bind1978
    ISSN0105-063X

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