Myrkardalur

Part of: Iceland

Small 17th and 18th century collection from high elevation Icelandic site.

In summer of 2008 and 2009, the Gásir Hinterlands Project investigated the potential for midden remains at Myrkárdalur, a farm ruin site situated in a highland area in the most interior part of a minor valley system in Hörgárdalur, Eyjafjörður. The results of these exercises were two small collections of archaeological materials from two middens of the post-medieval and Early Modern Periods.

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

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-2 of 2)

  • Myrkardalur_database (2009)
    DATASET Ramona Harrison.

    Myrkardalur access database of 2008 and 2009 faunal remains

  • Myrkárdalur in Hörgárdalur, N. Iceland: Brief Summary of the 2008/2009 Archaeofauna (2011)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Ramona Harrison.

    The results of zooarchaeological analysis are presented here, with a very limited discussion on potential site economy. While the ruins visible in the landscape are likely from the medieval period and are reminiscent of medieval corridor houses from Greenland, faunal remains are from a later point in time and indicative of a long term use of this area, at least in terms of structural remains from the early 20th c. still standing. Today, this area is frequented by fox hunters and the land used by...