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The North acts as an Other space; somewhere that lies beyond. However, it is also a real place. In this paper, I tease out the parameters that Iceland’s landscape offers for an understanding of the tensions between virtual North and real North. The first part of the paper discusses the context of nineteenth-century antiquarian adventuring to Iceland. Foreign visitors journeyed to Iceland to re-connect with a past that was being lost in the industrialising landscapes of Western Europe. The second part of the paper focuses on present-day archaeological surveys of a group of islands in Breiðafjörður, West Iceland. Drawing on a phenomenological approach and a discussion of nineteenth-century visits to Iceland by travellers such as William Morris and W.G. Collingwood, the paper explores how sagas and other local histories influence the production of archaeological knowledge and place-making.
Author(s): Aldred O
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Historical Archaeology
Year: 2015
Volume: 49
Issue: 3
Acceptance date: 29/04/2014
ISSN (print): 0440-9213
ISSN (electronic): 2328-1103
Publisher: Society for Historical Archaeology
URL: http://sha.org/shop/49-3-vol-49-2015-journals-2007-2015/i-wish-i-was-where-i-was-when-i-was-wishing-i-was-here-mentalities-and-materialities-in-contemporary-and-historical-iceland/
