Archaeological investigations in Mývatnssveit 2007 (Field Report)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
• Subjects: Viking; Medieval; Archaeological Overview; Data Recovery / Excavation; Site Evaluation / Testing; Environment Research; Beinisstaðir; Geldingatættur; Þorleifsstaðir; Hofstaðir; Litlu-Gautlön; Selhol; Grænavatn; Geirastaðir; Baldursheimu; Grímsstaðir; Skútustaðir; Settlements; Hamlet / village; Domestic Structures; Agricultural or Herding; Midden; Ceramic; Fauna; Glass; Metal; Wood; Mývatn; Þingeyjarsýsla; Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla; Selhagi; Krókdalur; Skútustaðahreppur; Þegjandadalur; Núpar; Selholt; Steinbogi; Þingey; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8KW5DGB_meta$v=1434455791312

In 2006 a campaign of major archaeological excavations in Mývatnssveit, the area around Lake Mývatn in NE-Iceland, wound to a close with the completion of fieldwork at Hrísheimar and Sveigakot. Together with the excavation of Hofstaðir, which was completed in 2002, these formed the backbone of exten...