An Interim Report of the Viking Age Archaeofauna from Hrísheimar, Mývatn District, N Iceland

Authors

Thomas H. McGovern, CUNY Hunter College
Sophia Perdikaris, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Ramona Harrison, City University of New York
Konrad Smiarowski, City University of New York
Norie Manigault, City University of New York

Date of this Version

5-10-2006

Document Type

Article

Citation

NORSEC 32 (May 10, 2006)

NORSEC Laboratory Report, number 32

Hrísheimar 05: Interim report

Comments

Copyright 2006, the authors. Used by permission.

Abstract

The excavations at Hrísheimar in Mývatnssveit in N Iceland are producing a very large archaeofauna, which can now be dated through both radiocarbon and two major volcanic tephra layers (the Landnám tephra of ca AD 871 and the Veiðivötn 930 tephra). While much of the site has been destroyed by wind erosion, substantial midden deposits (which overly earlier structures in some cases) still remain along the NE edge of the site area. While excavation is ongoing and only a small portion of the very substantial archaeofauna has been analyzed so far, it may be useful to present an interim working report of this important new early Icelandic archaeofauna.