NORSEC SKU Interim Zooachaeological Report 2009 5.5.2010
The discovery of an intact midden at Skútustaðir’s historic farmstead in 2007 was a key finding for the planned investigation of the medieval and early modern periods in the lake Mývatn area of northern Iceland. The 2009 field season followed a soil coring survey and surface collection in 2007 and t...
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dataone:doi:10.6067:XCV8NZ88RG_meta$v-1428605792078 2024-10-03T18:46:12+00:00 NORSEC SKU Interim Zooachaeological Report 2009 5.5.2010 Hicks, Megan (CUNY) ENVELOPE(-17.149658,-16.875,65.67268,65.513794) 2015-04-09T18:56:32.078Z https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8NZ88RG_meta$v=1428605792078 unknown the Digital Archaeological Record Dataset dataone:urn:node:TDAR https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8NZ88RG_meta$v=1428605792078 2024-10-03T18:07:38Z The discovery of an intact midden at Skútustaðir’s historic farmstead in 2007 was a key finding for the planned investigation of the medieval and early modern periods in the lake Mývatn area of northern Iceland. The 2009 field season followed a soil coring survey and surface collection in 2007 and the excavation of four test trenches in 2008. Work was carried out by international team of archaeologists (hailing from the City University of New York (CUNY), North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO) Fornleifastofnun Islands(FSÍ) and the University of Bradford) as part of an ongoing National Science Foundation, International Polar Year (NSF, IPY) project focusing on long term subsistence practices and human and environmental interactions. Zooarchaeological evidence from Skútustaðir excavation seasons in 2008 and 2009 is reviewed in this report, and laboratory analysis of animal bones is ongoing at the CUNY Hunter College and CUNY Brooklyn College Zooarchaeology Laboratories. The ongoing analysis has shown that the most important domesticates were sheep and cattle- used for meat, wool. and dairy throughout all periods. Skútustaðir may have had some advantages in their ability to keep cattle over other farms in the area. Goats, pigs, and horses are also present in the archaeofauna in low numbers. The presence of birds, bird egg shell, seals, cetaceae (whales and porpoises), marine fish and freshwater fish points toward a breadth of local and non local resources being consumed at the site. Ongoing analysis aims to uncover the diets and economies of the site’s residents as well as the related social and ecological interactions through time. Dataset Iceland International Polar Year IPY Mývatn North Atlantic the Digital Archaeological Record (via DataONE) Brooklyn ENVELOPE(-62.083,-62.083,-64.650,-64.650) Mývatn ENVELOPE(-16.985,-16.985,65.600,65.600) Skútustaðir ENVELOPE(-17.029,-17.029,65.564,65.564) ENVELOPE(-17.149658,-16.875,65.67268,65.513794) |
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The discovery of an intact midden at Skútustaðir’s historic farmstead in 2007 was a key finding for the planned investigation of the medieval and early modern periods in the lake Mývatn area of northern Iceland. The 2009 field season followed a soil coring survey and surface collection in 2007 and the excavation of four test trenches in 2008. Work was carried out by international team of archaeologists (hailing from the City University of New York (CUNY), North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO) Fornleifastofnun Islands(FSÍ) and the University of Bradford) as part of an ongoing National Science Foundation, International Polar Year (NSF, IPY) project focusing on long term subsistence practices and human and environmental interactions. Zooarchaeological evidence from Skútustaðir excavation seasons in 2008 and 2009 is reviewed in this report, and laboratory analysis of animal bones is ongoing at the CUNY Hunter College and CUNY Brooklyn College Zooarchaeology Laboratories. The ongoing analysis has shown that the most important domesticates were sheep and cattle- used for meat, wool. and dairy throughout all periods. Skútustaðir may have had some advantages in their ability to keep cattle over other farms in the area. Goats, pigs, and horses are also present in the archaeofauna in low numbers. The presence of birds, bird egg shell, seals, cetaceae (whales and porpoises), marine fish and freshwater fish points toward a breadth of local and non local resources being consumed at the site. Ongoing analysis aims to uncover the diets and economies of the site’s residents as well as the related social and ecological interactions through time. |
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Hicks, Megan (CUNY) NORSEC SKU Interim Zooachaeological Report 2009 5.5.2010 |
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NORSEC SKU Interim Zooachaeological Report 2009 5.5.2010 |
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NORSEC SKU Interim Zooachaeological Report 2009 5.5.2010 |
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NORSEC SKU Interim Zooachaeological Report 2009 5.5.2010 |
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NORSEC SKU Interim Zooachaeological Report 2009 5.5.2010 |
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NORSEC SKU Interim Zooachaeological Report 2009 5.5.2010 |
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norsec sku interim zooachaeological report 2009 5.5.2010 |
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Brooklyn Mývatn Skútustaðir |
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