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2003 Skalholt Excavation Report
30005-30010REP C14 SUERC (2013)
Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
Akurvík NORSEC 15 1 A 15 th c Archaeofauna from Akurvík, an early Fishing Station in NW Iceland (2004)
This is a report of analysis of 15th c bone materials from the site of Akurvík in NW Iceland excavated in 1990. A small international project in Árneshreppur district recovered a series of stratified midden deposits associated with small turf structures on an eroding beachfront. Radiocarbon dates identify at least two major phases of occupation and use, one extending into the mid 13th century, and the other dating to the mid 15th century. This report documents the animal bone collection...
all tooth wear HST (2009)
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Animal Bones from Vígishellir Cave, W Iceland (2003)
In 2001 excavations by the Icelandic National Museum in the lava cave Vígishellir (also called Beinahellir, Surtshellir) documented the presence of defensive walls, a rock outline of a dwelling, and a bone rich midden deposit exposed on the cave floor. Traditional stories associated these features with a band of outlaws reputed to have raided the surrounding countryside during the 10th century from their fortified refuge within the cave (until they were eventually betrayed and killed). The...
Archaeofauna from Vatnsfjörður, Westfjords, Iceland lab (lab report) (2008)
The Vatnsfjörður archaeological project started in 2003. This report contains results of analysis of bones from 2003-2007. Analysis has been completed on the material from 2003 and 2004 but is only partially complete on bones from 2005-2007. This is the second preliminary report of the archaeofauna from the Vatnsfjörður excavation. Analysis is still ongoing and the results presented here are by no means final. The Vatnsfjörður material dates to two time periods, the Viking Age component and...
Archaeological investigations in Mývatnssveit 2007 (Field Report) (2008)
In 2006 a campaign of major archaeological excavations in Mývatnssveit, the area around Lake Mývatn in NE-Iceland, wound to a close with the completion of fieldwork at Hrísheimar and Sveigakot. Together with the excavation of Hofstaðir, which was completed in 2002, these formed the backbone of extensive archaeological fieldwork focused on the Lake Mývatn area which had begun in 1991, and which became subsequently known as the Landscapes of Settlements project. In addition to the three large...
Astrid AEGIR summary (2013)
Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
Aug 09 HST Final Pub (2007)
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Birds and fish HST May 07 (2011)
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The Bishop's Beef: Improved Cattle in Eighteenth Century Skalholt, Iceland (2007)
Skalholt archaeofauna publication
BJORN Gudmundsson trans (2013)
Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
Bloody Slaughter (2007)
This article attempts an interpretation of an unusual assemblage of cattle skulls recovered from recent excavations at the Viking Age monumental hall of Hofstaðir in Iceland. Osteological analysis of the skulls indicates ritual decapitation and display of cattle heads, and this article seeks to explore the meanings of this practice in relation to the context of the site and the wider historical and ethnographic literature. It is argued that the beheading of cattle and display of their heads was...
Bovid spreadsheet (1999)
Bovid spreadsheet
Caprine element dist G I (2007)
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Caprine element dist G II (2007)
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Caprine eruption and wear May 07 HST (2009)
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caprine stature and wt reconst (2007)
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caprine tooth erupt and wear check may 07 (2007)
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Cats mice and dogs HST may 07 (2007)
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Cattle Skull Report for Monograph (2008)
HST Monograph reports and article
Copy of 1996 skull report (2007)
HST Monograph reports and article
Copy of Midden_gr 5114_finds (2013)
Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
Copy of Posthole finds (2007)
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Current Skalholt Database (2011)
Archaeofaunal database