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Parent ProjectGásir Hinterlands Project
Title: Oddstaðir
Description The site of Oddstaðir farm ruins nowadays belong to the land owned by Öxnhóll farm, once a church farm. The 2009 Midden excavation yielded well preserved animal bones and was sampled for environmental analyses. Tephra analysis and C14 data may confirm an early medieval occupation and 17th Century abandonment of the site. As at Skuggi, several beads were found in 2009 and were analyzed by Elín Ó. Hreiðarsdóttir. This report is part of the 2009 GHP Field Report. A faunal report will be produced in 2010.
Keywords:Hörgárdalur
local-resources
archaeofauna
environment
site-formation
Sponsors/Funders NSF, NABO, CUNY NORSEC, FSI
Country Iceland
Project Start Year 2009
Project End Year 2009

Project Contact

Contact: Ramona Harrison
Address Øysteinsgate 3, 5020 Bergen
Postcode 5020
Email Ramona.Harrison@uib.no

Project Content

Oddstaðir in Hörgárdalur, N. Iceland: Report of the 2009 Archaeofauna
This report presents preliminary zooarchaeological results from the Viking Age and medieval midden deposits at the Oddstaðir farm ruins. Beyond providing a long term chronology on site management and farm economy, this site has produced faunal remains dating from the 13th to the late 14th c., contemporaneous with those found at the Gásir trading site and also those from the medieval monastic estate at Möðruvellir. The Oddstaðir ruins are found on land that has for several centuries belonged to the Öxnhóll farm. Öxnhóll owned a parish church until the 16th c. After an extensive...

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