Ritual Animal Killing and Burial Customs in Viking Age Iceland

• Main Author: Leifsson, Rúnar
• Other Authors: Orri Vésteinsson, Sagnfræði- og heimspekideild (HÍ), Faculty of History and Philosophy (UI), Hugvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Humanities (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy 2018
• Subjects: Kuml; Viking Age; Burials; Burial Customs; Ritual; Animals; Archaeology; Zooarchaeology; Horses; Víkingaöld; Grafir; Útfararsiðir; Dýr; Fornleifafræði; Hestar; Beinafræði; Doktorsritgerðir; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1004

In this thesis the ritual killing and burial of animals on grave-fields in Viking Age Iceland is critically re-evaluated, on a site-by-site basis, in order to characterize these customs and place them in a social and historical context. The foundation for this work is the zooarchaeological analysis...