Comparison of Herding Strategies at Hofstaðir and Sveigakot- A First Look

Summary

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 Sveigakot. Taphonomic signatures (not

discussed here) indicate that these are broadly similar deposits and thus suitable

for comparison, and all contexts compared generated large identifiable fragment

counts.

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