Animal Husbandry

Scope note:

“Animal Husbandry” denotes the intentional cultivation and management of domestic animals as a social and economic activity. Animal Husbandry may have environmental impacts.

Examples:

• The selective slaughter of young cattle.

• The import of sheep from outwith Iceland to increase and diversify the breeding population.

• The planned cyclical movement of sheep to multiple grazing areas.

References to discussions of Animal Hubandry:

• Arneborg, J., Lynnerup, N., & Heinemeier, J. (2012). Human diet and subsistence patterns in Norse Greenland AD c. 980—AD c. 1450: Archaeological interpretations. Journal of the North Atlantic, 2012(sp3), 119-133.

• Ross, J. M., & Zutter, C. (2007). Comparing Norse animal husbandry practices: paleoethnobotanical analyses from Iceland and Greenland. Arctic Anthropology, 44(1), 62-85.

CIDOC CRM mappings:

• E7