Project Details: Reykjavík water front

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	The Archaeology of Reykjavík Harbour An archaeological evaluation was carried out on land to the south of Reykjavík´s old eastern harbour, between Geirsgata, Lækjargata, Hafnarstræti and Pósthússtræti. A total of thirteen trial trenches were located, targeting possible building remains and harbour features such as piers and the seafront. As may be expected these trenches encountered very extensive modern disturbance, modern dumping, pipes, cables, and the concreted basements of modern buildings. Nonetheless, a number of features of potential archaeological interest came to light, particularly within the southern...
	TRH06 - 07: The Archaeology of Reykjavík Water Front - Interim Report A proposed development area in the center of Reykjavík was the subject of archaeological excavations in the winter 2006-2007. The excavation area, which was split up into many different areas, covered about 1405 m2. Beforehand it was clear that some parts of the area were less likely to contain archaeology as they mostly consisted of modern landfill. Therefore areas were treated differently in terms of archaeology.The archaeology excavated consisted mainly of cellars, sea walls and different episodes of landfilling, most dating to the 19th-20th centuries. Old Reykjavík maps were of...
	TRH07: The Archaeology Of Reykjavik Water Front II - Interim Report The development of the water front area in the mid-ninetheenth century was a pivotal point in Reykjavík’s, as well as Iceland’s, history. It represented a move towards Modernism that is reflected in the trade and exchange goods, but also archaeological (and therefore material). The sequences of building and construction were related to the reclamation, the merchants and warehouses, and the northward expansion of the water front c. 1915. At the turn of the twentieth century much of the land under excavation belonged to the Thomsen trade emporium. The onset of reclamation and...