Site formation processes at three Viking Age farm middens in Skagafjörður, Iceland
Archaeological sites are not static records of the past. They exist within a dynamic environment, and, as part of this environment, they undergo changes upon deposition. In order to make confident interpretations of past human behavior based on patterns observed in the archaeological record, it is f...
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ftbostonuniv:oai:open.bu.edu:2144/14497 2023-05-15T16:45:58+02:00 Site formation processes at three Viking Age farm middens in Skagafjörður, Iceland Sawyer, Alicia Hart 2016-02-12T23:18:34Z https://hdl.handle.net/2144/14497 en_US eng https://hdl.handle.net/2144/14497 Archaeology Iceland Micromorphology Site formation processes Thesis/Dissertation 2016 ftbostonuniv 2022-07-11T11:50:19Z Archaeological sites are not static records of the past. They exist within a dynamic environment, and, as part of this environment, they undergo changes upon deposition. In order to make confident interpretations of past human behavior based on patterns observed in the archaeological record, it is first necessary to determine if these patterns were produced by human behavior or if they are the result of geogenic or biogenic process following burial. This investigation of site formation processes of farm middens at three Viking Age farms (Reynistaður, Stóra-Seyla and Syðra Skörðugil) in Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland, uses micromorphological analysis of thin sections to discern between cultural and natural processes which have contributed to the formation and preservation of the middens. My interpretations of the depositional and post-depositional processes of these three middens is based on micromorphological analysis of thin sections of 11 resin-impregnated intact sediment samples. Thesis Iceland Boston University: OpenBU Reynistaður ENVELOPE(-19.565,-19.565,65.657,65.657) Skagafjörður ENVELOPE(-19.561,-19.561,65.875,65.875) Skörðugil ENVELOPE(-19.500,-19.500,65.583,65.583) Stóra Seyla ENVELOPE(-19.483,-19.483,65.572,65.572) Syðra Skörðugil ENVELOPE(-19.504,-19.504,65.587,65.587) |
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Archaeological sites are not static records of the past. They exist within a dynamic environment, and, as part of this environment, they undergo changes upon deposition. In order to make confident interpretations of past human behavior based on patterns observed in the archaeological record, it is first necessary to determine if these patterns were produced by human behavior or if they are the result of geogenic or biogenic process following burial. This investigation of site formation processes of farm middens at three Viking Age farms (Reynistaður, Stóra-Seyla and Syðra Skörðugil) in Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland, uses micromorphological analysis of thin sections to discern between cultural and natural processes which have contributed to the formation and preservation of the middens. My interpretations of the depositional and post-depositional processes of these three middens is based on micromorphological analysis of thin sections of 11 resin-impregnated intact sediment samples. |
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Site formation processes at three Viking Age farm middens in Skagafjörður, Iceland |
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Site formation processes at three Viking Age farm middens in Skagafjörður, Iceland |
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Site formation processes at three Viking Age farm middens in Skagafjörður, Iceland |
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Site formation processes at three Viking Age farm middens in Skagafjörður, Iceland |
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Site formation processes at three Viking Age farm middens in Skagafjörður, Iceland |
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site formation processes at three viking age farm middens in skagafjörður, iceland |
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ENVELOPE(-19.565,-19.565,65.657,65.657) ENVELOPE(-19.561,-19.561,65.875,65.875) ENVELOPE(-19.500,-19.500,65.583,65.583) ENVELOPE(-19.483,-19.483,65.572,65.572) ENVELOPE(-19.504,-19.504,65.587,65.587) |
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Reynistaður Skagafjörður Skörðugil Stóra Seyla Syðra Skörðugil |
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Reynistaður Skagafjörður Skörðugil Stóra Seyla Syðra Skörðugil |
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