Report of Animal Bones from Tjarnargata 3C, Reykjavík, Iceland

• Main Authors: McGovern, Thomas (NABO and CUNY), Perdikaris, Sophia, Amundsen, Colin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
• Subjects: Viking; Icelandic; Southern Iceland; Fauna; Reykjavík; Brooklyn; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8J38TJM_meta$v=1441484920757

During rescue excavations in downtown Reykjavík in 1999 nearly 100 kg of well-preserved animal bone was recovered in investigations at Tjarnargata 3 C by Fornleifastofnun Islands (FSÍ) directed by Mjöll Snaesdóttir. This bone collection (or archaeofauna) was largely sieved (4 mm and 1 mm mesh wet screen) and represents one of the largest archaeofauna recovered from Iceland to date. Analysis was carried out at City University of New York’s Northern Science & Education Center’s two zooarchaeology laboratories at Brooklyn College and Hunter College in 2000-01. The analyzed bone materials were returned for long term curation at the National Museum of Iceland in January 2002.