Eyri

Part of: Iceland

Two separate excavation seasons (2004, 2007) recovered two midden collections.

Geographic Keywords
Vestfirdhir (State / Territory) • Republic of Iceland (Country) • IS (ISO Country Code) • Europe (Continent)

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-4 of 4)

  • Eyri Feb 05 (2005)
    DATASET Thomas McGovern.

    Access Database of 2004 Eyri archaeofauna.

  • Eyri_07_Database (2008)
    DATASET Ramona Harrison.

    Access database resulting from analysis of Eyri 2007 faunal remains.

  • Preliminary Assessment of the faunal remains from the 2007 Midden Excavation in Eyri, Westfjords (2008)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Ramona Harrison. Megan Hicks. Eileen Colligan. Amanda Schreiner.

    In 2007 area G of the Eyri site in Ísafjörður, NW Iceland was object of a midden assessment undertaken by the Archaeological Institute of Iceland. The midden mound in area G is associated with the farm mound at Eyri in downtown Ísafjörður. The farm mound was previously trenched for occupational layers in 2003 and 2004 (Taylor et al 2005), yielding an assortment of animal remains that were analyzed in 2005 (Krivogorskaya & McGovern 2005). Upon coring the midden mound to define its edges, assess...

  • Preliminary Assessment Report of an Archaeofauna from Eyri, lsafjord, NW Iceland (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Yekaterina Krivogorskaya. Thomas McGovern.

    In 2004 a small archaeofauna was collected from a midd deposit in downtown lsafjord in NW Iceland. The species identified comprise the full range of domestic mammals (including a single pig bone), seal, whale, sea bird, and fish. The substantial amounts of domestic mammal bone, including new born sheep and cattle (usually indicating a dairy strategy) strongly st that this midden is associated with a farm and not a specialized fishing station. The collection shows variable bone preservation, but...