Micromorphological and chemical investigation of late-Viking age grave fills at Hofstaðir, Iceland

• Published in: Geoderma
• Main Authors: Burns, Annika Lynn, Pickering, Matt, Green, Kimberley Ann, Pinder, Adam Phillip, Gestsdóttir, Hildur, Usai, Maria-Raimonda, Brothwell, Don Reginald, Keely, Brendan John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Hofstaðir; Iceland; Siberia
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/121437/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/121437/1/Revised_Manuscript_Burns_et_al_Post_Print.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.06.021

Grave fills from seven human burials from a late-Viking age - early medieval cemetery at Hofstaðir, Mývatnssveit (Iceland) were examined by soil micromorphology and organic chemical analysis. Detailed analysis of the weathering of the mineral constituents of the grave fills demonstrates a relationsh...