4. Rural economy
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 4. Rural economy - Medieval Visby and Gotland |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Anders Andrén; Stockholm University; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Archaeology |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | rural economy; animal husbandry; farming; pollarded trees; tar; quarries; fishing sites; trading ports; trade; handicraft; baptismal fonts |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | The chapter provides a general overview of the rural economy, including animal husbandry, farming, producation of high quality tar, stone quarring, and fishing. Remains of most parts of the rural economy are preserved, such as 150 medieval meadows with pollarded trees, several medieval quarries, many medieval productions sites of tar and some medieval fishing habours. Apart from agriculture, the rural economy included handicraft and trade as well. Gotlandic baptismal fonts have been found all over northern Europe. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Nov-2026 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/26489 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.26489 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Medieval Visby and Gotland |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Visby; Gotland, medieval period |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |