A Sondum

Part of: Faroes

The site of Á Sondum (SNR) is located in the village of Sandur, on Sandoy, Faroe Islands. The site is located on the opposite end of the bay from the site of Undir Junkarinsfløtti, and like that site has been subject to significant coastal erosion. Á Sondum was first investigated archaeologically in 1994 (Jensen 1995). This excavation, which produced a meager archaeofaunal assemblage (McGovern et al. 2004), was followed up by paleoenvironmental sampling in 2002, and then by more extensive archaeological investigation in 2006 and 2007 (Adderley and Simpson 2005, Arge et al. 2010, Brewington 2012, Church et al. 2013). These most recent excavations at Á Sondum yielded the earliest securely-dated archaeological deposits for the Faroes thus far, confirming human settlement in the islands by the 4th – 6th centuries CE (Church et al. 2013).

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

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

  • 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.