Ebook: The Border of Farming and the Cultural Markers: Short Papers from the Network Meeting in Lerwick, Shetland, September 5th-9th 2011

The National Museum of Denmark has initiated its most comprehensive interdisciplinary research venture so far: 'Northern Worlds'. Between 2009 and 2013, the programme will produce and communicate new knowledge on the relationship between people and environment over the last 15.000 years in ways relevant to the present, with its notable climatic changes.

The expansion of agriculture into the temperate and sub-arctic zones of the planet represents a more than 6.000 year long narrative, characterized by repeated advances followed by stagnation. 'Farming on the Edge' focuses on periods and areas with large potential for the creation of new knowledge on agricultural advances and their associated social structures and ideologies. The ultimate boundaries of farming communities in different parts of Scandinavia and the North Atlantic are explored. The project 'Shetland – the Border of Farming 4000-3000 BC' is part of this initiative.