Undir Bálabrekku Zooarchaeological Database
Small archaeofauna from two highland sites located above 400 m above sea level, over 100 km inland in the upper reaches of the Skjálfandafljót river valley indicate the early presence of human settlement in this far inland area. While heavily deflated, the site of Undir Sandmúla produced an archaeof...
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dataone:doi:10.6067:XCV8QC04MM_meta$v-1426484328888 2024-06-03T18:46:57+00:00 Undir Bálabrekku Zooarchaeological Database McGovern, Thomas (NABO and CUNY) ENVELOPE(-25.795898,-11.118164,66.901344,62.881866) 2015-03-16T05:38:48.888Z https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8QC04MM_meta$v=1426484328888 unknown the Digital Archaeological Record Dataset dataone:urn:node:TDAR https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8QC04MM_meta$v=1426484328888 2024-06-03T18:07:15Z Small archaeofauna from two highland sites located above 400 m above sea level, over 100 km inland in the upper reaches of the Skjálfandafljót river valley indicate the early presence of human settlement in this far inland area. While heavily deflated, the site of Undir Sandmúla produced an archaeofauna from stratified context directly above the Landnam sequence tephra, probably dating to the late 9th or early 10th century. This collection is from a highly burnt ”fireplace cleaning” deposit which limits the survival of fish and bird bones, but a quantifiable number of mammal bone fragments could be identified. The domestic mammal assemblage strongly indicates the presence of a full farm with some variant of the mix of species associated with the Settlement Age in Iceland (cattle, horse, pig, sheep). Dataset Iceland the Digital Archaeological Record (via DataONE) Skjálfandafljót ENVELOPE(-17.612,-17.612,65.985,65.985) ENVELOPE(-25.795898,-11.118164,66.901344,62.881866) |
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Small archaeofauna from two highland sites located above 400 m above sea level, over 100 km inland in the upper reaches of the Skjálfandafljót river valley indicate the early presence of human settlement in this far inland area. While heavily deflated, the site of Undir Sandmúla produced an archaeofauna from stratified context directly above the Landnam sequence tephra, probably dating to the late 9th or early 10th century. This collection is from a highly burnt ”fireplace cleaning” deposit which limits the survival of fish and bird bones, but a quantifiable number of mammal bone fragments could be identified. The domestic mammal assemblage strongly indicates the presence of a full farm with some variant of the mix of species associated with the Settlement Age in Iceland (cattle, horse, pig, sheep). |
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Undir Bálabrekku Zooarchaeological Database |
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Undir Bálabrekku Zooarchaeological Database |
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Undir Bálabrekku Zooarchaeological Database |
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Undir Bálabrekku Zooarchaeological Database |
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Undir Bálabrekku Zooarchaeological Database |
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undir bálabrekku zooarchaeological database |
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ENVELOPE(-25.795898,-11.118164,66.901344,62.881866) |
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ENVELOPE(-17.612,-17.612,65.985,65.985) ENVELOPE(-25.795898,-11.118164,66.901344,62.881866) |
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