Faeroe Islands (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

PROJECT CUNY Northern Science and Education Center. Thomas McGovern.

This project file contains NABO publications. NABO was founded over 20 years ago to attempt to cross-cut national and disciplinary boundaries and to help North Atlantic scholars make the most of the immense research potential of our damp and lovely research area. NABO has worked to aid in improving basic data comparability, in assisting practical fieldwork and interdisciplinary ventures, in promoting student training, and in better communicating our findings to other scholars, funding...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Seth Brewington.

The 2006/7 archaeological excavations at the site of Á Sondum, in the Faroe Islands, produced an archaeofaunal assemblage of 271 bone and shell fragments. Only about half of the heavily fragmented, poorly preserved assemblage was identifiable to species or taxonomic level. Of the species identified, caprines (sheep/goat) are the most numerous, followed by seabirds. The overall poor condition of the assemblage unfortunately prohibits a robust examination of the Sondum domestic economy.

DATASET Seth Brewington.

Access database - A Sondum archaefaunal analysis.