According to Jordanes, the Goths originated on an island called "Scandza" (Scandinavia), from where they emigrated by sea to an area called "Gothiscandza" under their king Berig. Historians are not in agreement on the authencity and accuracy of this account. Most scholars agree that Gothic migration from Scandinavia is reflected in the archaeological record, but the evidence is not entirely clear. Rather than a single mass migration of an entire people, scholars open to Scandinavian origins envision a process of gradual migration in the 1st centuries BC and AD, which was probably preceded by long-term contacts and perhaps limited to a few elite clans from Scandinavia.