Faroes

Part of: North Atlantic Archaeology, Culture, History and Human Ecodynamics

Archaeological, historical, cultural and environmental data from projects conducted in the Faroes are presented here.

Geographic Keywords
Faroe Islands (Country) • FO (ISO Country Code) • Faeroe Islands (State / Territory)

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

  • 4th UJF Interim Zooarch Report (2011)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Seth Brewington.

    This report provides an update on the ongoing analysis of the Viking Age to Late Norse archaeofauna recovered during the 2003 – 2006 excavations at the site of Undir Junkarinsfløtti (UJF), Sandoy, Faroe Islands. Nearly 60,000 bone and shell fragments have been analyzed to date, some three quarters of which have been identified to species level. Throughout all occupation phases, the UJF archaeofaunal assemblage is dominated by bird, shellfish and fish remains, with domestic mammals making up no...

  • Report on the Analysis of Archaeofauna from the 2006 & 2007 Excavations at Á Sondum (SNR), Sandoy, Faroe Islands (2012)
    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.

  • SNR database (2012)
    DATASET Seth Brewington.

    Access database - A Sondum archaefaunal analysis.

  • UJF ZOO 2003 - 2006_9 MAR 2014 (2014)
    DATASET Seth Brewington.

    Access database, UJF archaeofaunal analysis.