Movement at Mosfell. Routes, Traffic, and Power in a Viking Age Icelandic Valley

• Main Author: Connors, Colin Gioia, 1986-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Sagnfræði; Miðaldafræði; Fornminjar; Víkingaöld; Ferðalög; Mosfellsdalur; Mosfellsheiði; Reykjavík
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/5494

In recent years, the Mosfell Archaeological Project unearthed a Viking Age long house, church, graveyard, and cremation burial mound at the site Hrísbrú in the Mosfell Valley. Medieval place names suggest that this site was attractive for travelers and situated adjacent to a campsite. Two main route...