Project Details: Laufás

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Fornleifarannsókn undir bæjardyrum og göngum í torfænum í Laufási The old farm of Laufás, Eyjafjörður, is under the supervision of the National Museum. In the autumn of 1999 it was planned to add modern heating to the house by laying a heat-pipe under the passage floor. A trench was excavated along the whole passage, 22 m long and up to 75 cm wide. 18th and 19th century layers were rich with glass and pottery but earlier contexts contained more textiles. Bones were badly preserved. No evidence were found to prove that the length of the passage had changed through time and the passage was built on undisturbed soil, possibly as early as the 16th...