Möðruvellir (Site Name Keyword)
1-5 (5 Records)
In June and August 2008 international teams cooperated in carrying out a program of survey, coring, and small scale test excavation on selected sites in the Eyjafjord region in Northern Iceland. This was the first season of a planned multi-season collaborative investigation of the hinterlands surrounding the medieval seasonal trading center at Gásir (Roberts 2004; Roberts et al, 2002- 2006; Harrison et al 2006 – 2008; Harrison, 2006-2008). Prior work at Gásir indicated that this...
The Midden at Möðruvellir, 2006, Preliminary Excavation Report (field report) (2006)
Between July 31 st and August 9th 2006, Fornleifastofnun Íslands carried out an exploratory trenching exercise in the area of the so-called Ash Hill (Öskuhóll) at Möðruvellir, in Högárbyggð, Eyjafjörður. The key aim of this effort was to locate and recover animal bones, artefacts, and environmental samples from a well stratified midden sequence at Möðruvellir, in connection with ongoing archaeological work investigating local subsistence strategies in late medieval Eyjafjord. This work...
The Midden at Möðruvellir, 2007, Preliminary Excavation Report (field report) (2007)
Between July 31 st and August 10th 2007, staff from Fornleifastofnun Íslands continued excavation of an evaluation trench begun in the summer of 2006. This aimed at investigating the nature and preservation of faunal remains at the so-called Ash Hill (Öskuhóll) at Möðruvellir, in Hörgárbyggð, Eyjafjörður. As in 2006, the key aim of this effort was to locate and recover animal bones, artefacts, and environmental samples from a well stratified midden sequence at Möðruvellir, in...
North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO)
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...
Status Report on the faunal analysis from the 2007 Midden excavation at Möðruvellir, Eyjafjörður, N Iceland (lab report (2008)
This status report is only a ‘work-in-progress’ statement and cannot be seen as final report of the archaeofaunal analysis from the 2007 Möðruvellir Midden excavation which built on and extended the exploratory trench from 2006 (Harrison & Roberts, 2007). The excavation was undertaken by Fornleifastofnun Íslands, FSI (Icelandic Archaeological Institute), under supervision of Ramona Harrison and Howell M. Roberts. The Möðruvellir project is part of an ongoing regional project directed...