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

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.

archaeofuana Hrísheimar Mývatnssveit Viking Age zooarchaeology

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