North Atlantic Archaeology, Culture, History and Human Ecodynamics
The North Atlantic data sets listed here resulted from a variety of archaeological, historical, cultural and environmental projects carried out over recent decades. A particular aim was to promote long term data comparability and to provide both a long term data archive and a set of analytic tools immediately addressing current joint research objectives.
Site Name Keywords
Skútustaðir •
HST •
HRH •
SVK •
Northern Iceland •
Northeastern Iceland •
Southeastern Norway •
Southern Greenland •
Hofstaðir •
Skalholt
Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature •
Midden •
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Water-Related •
Specialized Fishing Site •
Subsistence, Trade, and Exchange
Other Keywords
settlement •
Archaeology •
Iceland •
historical ecology •
sustainability •
Human Ecodynamics •
Artifacts •
Iceland, Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Norse, Viking Age, Landnam •
Norse •
Palaeoenvironmental study
Culture Keywords
Norse •
Viking •
Icelandic •
Viking Age •
Medieval •
Historic •
Icelandic Settlement •
post medieval •
North Atlantic Archaeology
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Collections Research •
Environment Research
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Fire Cracked Rock •
Glass •
Ground Stone •
Metal •
Wood •
Textile •
Fauna •
Basketry
Temporal Keywords
Viking Age/Early Medieval •
Medieval •
Historical Period •
Early Modern Period •
10th Century •
Viking Age •
Post Medieval •
medieval (14th century)
Geographic Keywords
Republic of Iceland (Country) •
Europe (Continent) •
Nordhurland Eystra (State / Territory) •
Iceland, Lake Myvatn •
Iceland •
North Atlantic •
IS (ISO Country Code) •
Greenland •
Shetland Islands •
Faroe Islands (Country)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-100 of 2,111)
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2003 Skalholt Field Report (2003)
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2003 Skalholt Excavation Report
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30005-30010REP C14 SUERC (2013)
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Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
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4th UJF Interim Zooarch Report (2011)
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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...
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Akurvik Access Database (2005)
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Access database of the Akurvik archaeofaunal remains.
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Akurvík NORSEC 15 1 A 15 th c Archaeofauna from Akurvík, an early Fishing Station in NW Iceland (2004)
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This is a report of analysis of 15th c bone materials from the site of Akurvík in NW Iceland excavated in 1990. A small international project in Árneshreppur district recovered a series of stratified midden deposits associated with small turf structures on an eroding beachfront. Radiocarbon dates identify at least two major phases of occupation and use, one extending into the mid 13th century, and the other dating to the mid 15th century. This report documents the animal bone collection...
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all tooth wear HST (2009)
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HST spreadsheets
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Animal Bones from Vígishellir Cave, W Iceland (2003)
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In 2001 excavations by the Icelandic National Museum in the lava cave Vígishellir (also called Beinahellir, Surtshellir) documented the presence of defensive walls, a rock outline of a dwelling, and a bone rich midden deposit exposed on the cave floor. Traditional stories associated these features with a band of outlaws reputed to have raided the surrounding countryside during the 10th century from their fortified refuge within the cave (until they were eventually betrayed and killed). The...
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Archaeological Investigations in Vatnahverfi, Greenland 2008 Season Preliminary Report (2009)
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July and August 2008 was the fourth season of the collaborative Norse Settlement in the Vatnahverfi Region, South Greenland ca. AD 985 – 1450 Project. The Danish Middle Ages & Renaissance Department at The Danish National Museum and the Greenland National Museum and Archives (NKA) collaborated with the Northern Science and Education Center at City University of New York (NORSEC/CUNY) to complete an archaeological project in Southwestern Greenland, in the Qaqortoq Municipality. The project...
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AST rework (2003)
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Excel workbook with spreadsheets and charts by TMG.
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AST10_05 (2008)
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Database for the Adalstraeti 10 faunal remains.
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Astrid AEGIR summary (2013)
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Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
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Aug 09 HST Final Pub (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Birds and fish HST May 07 (2011)
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HST spreadsheets
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Birds HST May 07 (2009)
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HST spreadsheets
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The Bishop's Beef: Improved Cattle in Eighteenth Century Skalholt, Iceland (2007)
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Skalholt archaeofauna publication
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BJORN Gudmundsson trans (2013)
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Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
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Bloody Slaughter (2007)
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This article attempts an interpretation of an unusual assemblage of cattle skulls recovered from recent excavations at the Viking Age monumental hall of Hofstaðir in Iceland. Osteological analysis of the skulls indicates ritual decapitation and display of cattle heads, and this article seeks to explore the meanings of this practice in relation to the context of the site and the wider historical and ethnographic literature. It is argued that the beheading of cattle and display of their heads was...
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Bloody Slaughter (2008)
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This article attempts an interpretation of an unusual assemblage of cattle skulls recovered from recent excavations at the Viking Age monumental hall of Hofstaðir in Iceland. Osteological analysis of the skulls indicates ritual decapitation and display of cattle heads, and this article seeks to explore the meanings of this practice in relation to the context of the site and the wider historical and ethnographic literature. It is argued that the beheading of cattle and display of their heads...
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Bos element dist E 1144 (2009)
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HST spreadsheets
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Bos element dist G I (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Bos element dist G II (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Bovid spreadsheet (1999)
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Bovid spreadsheet
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Brattahlid N Farm NKA 2629 DEC 17 06 (2006)
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Access database.
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Caprine element dist E 1144 (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Caprine element dist G I (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Caprine element dist G II (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Caprine eruption and wear May 07 HST (2009)
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HST spreadsheets
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caprine stature and wt reconst (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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caprine tooth erupt and wear check may 07 (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Cats mice and dogs HST may 07 (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Cattle Skull Report for Monograph (2008)
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HST Monograph reports and article
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Comparison of Herding Strategies at Hofstaðir and Sveigakot- A First Look (2003)
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This working paper is an attempt to assemble in a narrative format a number of analyses recently carried out on the domestic mammal bones from the sites of Hofstaðir (HST) and Sveigakot (SVK) in Mývatnssveit N Iceland excavated 1996- 2001. The current objective is really to pass information on to our collaborators and to encourage discussion and critique (please do). The collections compared come from midden fill of two pit houses (HST G and SVK T) and from a widespread sheet midden M at...
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Coping with Hard Times in NW Iceland: Zooarchaeology, History, and Landscape Archaeology at Finnbogastaðir in the 18th century (2004)
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This paper provides a report of the analysis of an animal bone collection excavated in 1990 from 18 th - early 19 th c deposits at the site of Finnbogastaðir, Árneshreppur, Strandasýsla, NW Iceland (Vestfirðir) and seeks to place the results in the larger context of early modern economy in the region through the integration of historical documentary sources and an ongoing program of landscape archaeology in the region. .
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Copy of 1996 skull report (2007)
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HST Monograph reports and article
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Copy of Midden_gr 5114_finds (2013)
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Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
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Copy of Posthole finds (2007)
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HST spreadsheets
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Current Skalholt Database (2011)
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Archaeofaunal database
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Dettifoss 09 Database (2010)
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Access database of archaeofauna from the 2009 Dettifoss excavation.
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draft report hst 2011 (2013)
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Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
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E 172 March 14 2012 (2012)
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access database
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E172 Tatsip Ataa Midden Excavation 2009 & 2010 Preliminary Excavation Report (2012)
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Introduction July and August 2009 and June and July 2010 were the fifth and sixth seasons of the collaborative Norse Settlement in the Vatnahverfi Region, South Greenland ca. AD 985 – 1450 Project. The Danish Middle Ages & Renaissance Department at The Danish National Museum and the Greenland National Museum and 2 Archives (NKA) collaborated with the Northern Science and Education Center at City University of New York (NORSEC/CUNY) to complete an interdisciplinary archaeological project in...
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E47 Gardar Igaliku December 13 2013 (2013)
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access database - faunal analysis
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E68 Timerliit 3-14-12 (2012)
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access database
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E74 KNK 203 3-17-12 (2012)
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access database
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Element distribution comparisons (2009)
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HST spreadsheets
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Eyri Feb 05 (2005)
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Access Database of 2004 Eyri archaeofauna.
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Eyri_07_Database (2008)
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Access database resulting from analysis of Eyri 2007 faunal remains.
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Farming and maritime resources at Midbaer (2001)
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The site of Miðbær on the island of Flatey in Breiðafjörður, NW Iceland was test excavated in 1989 by Thomas Amorosi and Thomas McGovern, producing a column sample from a deeply stratified midden deposit. The initial faunal analysis conducted by Amorosi and McGovern revealed a dominant maritime component with high concentrations of bird, fish, and sea mammal bones. This paper both summarizes this unpublished analysis and adds a more detailed examination of the bird and fish remains.
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Faunal Analysis from the 2005 Excavation at Aðalstræti Nr. 10 in Reykjavík, Iceland (2008)
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A Total Number of Fragments, or TNF, of 13,471 were counted, yielding a Number of Identified Species, or NISP, of 6,923. The overall preservation was variable; some contexts contained many flaked bone and heavily deteriorated fragments, whereas other elements were in surprisingly good condition. Contexts (062) and (088) yielded the best preserved bone material, while remains from contexts (076), (082), (084), (086), frequently could only be placed in UNIM (Unidentified Mammal species) and Fish...
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Faunal Analysis of the Early Modern Bishop's Farm at Skalholt, Arnessysla Iceland (2011)
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This dissertation presents the analysis of faunal material recovered from middens outside the main complex of the Bishop of Southern Iceland´s Cathedral farm at Skálholt, Arnessysla, Iceland. Issues of diet, deposition patterns, as well as participation in larger trade and intellectual networks addressed. All of these issues are examined in order to investigate larger issues centered around the early modern Atlantic world. The Skálholt material is also compared with the larger body of existing...
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Faunal artifacts from Hofstaðir – preliminary assessment (2008)
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Analysis of the Hofstaðir (HST) artifacts made from faunal materials was carried out in January of 2008. Goal of this assessment was to understand better the source materials that were used in bone artifact manufacture. A second aim of this exercise was to see how much of the worked bone material could be assigned to categories more specific than just sea mammal vs. terrestrial mammal, and large animal vs. smaller animal.
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Faunal Evidence from Hornbrekka on Höfðaströnd A 19th Century Farm in N. Iceland (2009)
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Draft of Hornbrekka faunal report.
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Finnbogastadir (2009)
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Access database - Finnbogastadir faunal analysis.
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A Fishing Farm in the West Fjords of Iceland: A Preliminary Report of the Archaeofauna from Gjögur (2005)
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The date for the onset of full scale commercial fisheries in Iceland remains somewhat controversial, but thus far the earliest radiocarbon dated seasonal fishing station (11th- 13th century) is in NW Iceland’s Strandasýsla County at Akurvík. This paper presents a preliminary report of the ongoing analysis of the large archaeofauna from the farm mound at Gjögur, 3 km from Akurvík, places the site of Gjögur in the wider context of the NW region of Iceland by comparing the site with the Akurvík...
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Floor layers from Hofstadir (2007)
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HST Floor and Midden deposits
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FS455-910113 Hofstadir i Myvatnssveit (2013)
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Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
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Gasir Area A complete database (2015)
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Complete access database of the Gasir Area A faunal remains.
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GFS08_Zooarch (2010)
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Access database of 2008 GFS fauna. Contact Frank Feeley for access.
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GFS2011_NABONE Database (2015)
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Access database of 2011 mammal bone collection.
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GJ_NISP (2003)
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NABO Excel File containing the basic data for Gjogur archaeofauna.
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Gnawing info (2009)
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HST spreadsheets
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Goats HST May 07 (2009)
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HST spreadsheets
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Grayscale cattle skull (2005)
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HST cattle skull pictures
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GSTSUMRY (2007)
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Excel spreadsheet of basic Granastadir faunal data.
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The Gásir Area A Archaeofauna: An Update of the Results from the Faunal Analysis of the High Medieval Trading Site in Eyjafjörður, N Iceland (2009)
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This faunal report presents new information on the Gásir archaeofauna which was collected during 5 years (2002 – 2006) out of the total 6 years of Archaeological excavations at the site of Gásir near the modern city of Akureyri. Under the direction of Howell Roberts of Fornleifastofnun Íslands (Archaeological Institute Iceland, FSĺ) and on behalf of Minjasafnið á Akureyri (Akureyri Museum), initial investigative activities at Gásir were begun in 2001. The project resulted in a large scale,...
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Hard Times at HST (2013)
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Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
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Helgastadir 04 summary (2004)
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Summary of the Helgastadir archaeofauna.
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Helgastadir database 04 (2009)
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Access database of Helgastadir collection.
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Hofstadir all tooth wear data Oct 30 (2013)
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All Hofstadir tooth wear data combined.
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Hofstadir bos aging work july 03 (2013)
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Hofstadir cattle age at death analysis
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Hofstadir C14 summary Feb 2006 (2006)
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Summary of Hofstadir C14 dates.
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Hofstadir caprine aging work july 03 (2013)
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Age at death analysis of Hofstadir caprines.
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Hofstadir cattle tooth eruption and wear (2013)
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Analysis of cattle eruption and tooth wear.
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Hofstadir climate impact paper for posting (2013)
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Hofstadir Midden excavation reports
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Hofstadir Floors and Middens comparison (2007)
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Comparison of floor and midden deposits
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Hofstadir plan (2007)
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HST Floor and Midden deposits
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Hofstadir tooth wear and eruption work (2003)
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Hofstadir domesticate tooth wear and eruption data
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Hofstaðir Artifact Data (2016)
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Excel spreadsheet with artifact data from Hofstaðir excavations from 1991 to 2002.
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Hornbrekka NABONE DB (2010)
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Hornbrekka archaeofauna access database.
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HRH database Oct 29 08 (2008)
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Access database of the Hrísheimar archaeofauna
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HRH03-1 (2016)
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Iron Object
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HRH03-10 (2016)
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Iron Object
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HRH03-100 (2016)
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Iron Object
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HRH03-101 (2016)
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Whetstone
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HRH03-102 (2016)
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Cu Alloy Vessel Fragment
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HRH03-103 (2016)
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Lead Sinker
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HRH03-103 (2016)
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Lead Sinker
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HRH03-104 (2016)
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Nail
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HRH03-105 (2016)
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Iron Object
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HRH03-107 (2016)
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Steatite fragment
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HRH03-108 (2016)
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Nail
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HRH03-11 (2016)
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Whetstone
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HRH03-111 (2016)
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Hook with Rivet
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HRH03-111 (2016)
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Hook with Rivet
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HRH03-112 (2016)
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Fastener?
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HRH03-114 (2016)
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Whetstone
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HRH03-116 (2016)
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Nail?
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HRH03-12 (2016)
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Manuport
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HRH03-121 (2016)
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Bone Pin
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HRH03-121 (2016)
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Bone Pin