Mineral-based turf has been used as a building material in Iceland for centuries. The
vernacular Icelandic architecture is characterised by turf walls and sod roofs. This paper …

Reykjavík, capital of Iceland, developed from a dispersed rural settlement to nucleated
urban community during the last 250 years. Prior to the mid-18th century, Iceland was a rural …

Zooarcheological analysis shows that there is an overabundance of seabird wings
recovered from Viking Age archeological sites in Iceland, especially when the rest of the …

Bird bones from domestic midden deposits on Hegranes, North Iceland, dating from AD 870-
1104, are mostly puffin (Fratercula arctica) and guillemot (Uria aalge)—diving seabirds in …

This article combines new marine fish faunal data from medieval and early modern Icelandic
archaeological sites with previously published data that focused primarily on the Settlement …

En este artículo se ofrecen algunas perspectivas relacionadas con la teoría y la práctica del
registro arqueológico. Se comienza investigando la aplicabilidad de conceptos de la …

The 2014 excavation season at Hofstaðir was four weeks, from July 21st through August
15th. This was the fifth season since excavations started again in 2010 after a hiatus. Those …

Excavations in the Viking Age Area continued in 2009, the sixth major campaign in the area.
After the excavation of two evaluation tranches in this area in 2003, Ragnar Edvardsson …

The 2015 excavation season at Hofstaðir was five weeks, from July 21st through August
15th. This was the fifth season since excavations started again in 2010 after a hiatus, and it …

Iron played a key role in the Viking Age settlement of Iceland and the subsequent medieval
economy on the island. Iron smelting was a time-consuming process, but the product was …