The Midden at Möðruvellir 2006 Preliminary Excavation Report

Between July 31st and August 9th 2006, Fornleifastofnun Íslands carried out an exploratory trenching exercise in the area of the so-called Ash Hill (Öskuhóll) at Möðruvellir, in Högárbyggð, Eyjafjörður. The key aim of this effort was to locate and recover animal bones, artefacts, and environmental samples from a well stratified midden sequence at Möðruvellir, in connection with ongoing archaeological work investigating local subsistence strategies in late medieval Eyjafjord.

This work was initiated by Fornleifastofnun Íslands and funded by Fornleifasjóður. The project was directed by Howell Roberts and Orri Vésteinsson. Field work was supervised was by Ramona Harrison, assisted by Oddgeir Hansson, Norie Manigault and Sebastien Martel.

This work was undertaken in collaboration with RALA (the Agricultural Research Institute at Möðruvellir), and with Minjasafnið á Akureyri (the Akureyri Museum).

The author would like to thank Dr. Thomas H. McGovern and Sophia Perdikaris from CUNY (New York) for their continuous support and advice, and particular the American Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) – Thor Thor´s Fund – and The Leifur Eiríksson Foundation for their generous financial supp enabling travel to and accommodation in Iceland.

Hörgárdalur Iceland midden Möðruvellir Öskuhóll

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