Report of Animal Bones from Tjarnargata 3C, Reykjavík, Iceland

• Main Authors: Perdikaris, Sophia, Amundsen, Colin, McGovern, Thomas H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2002
• Subjects: Animal Studies; Anthropology; Geography; International and Area Studies; Reykjavík; Brooklyn; Iceland
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/global/15; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/global/article/1014/viewcontent/Norsec1Tjarnargata3c__1_.pdf

Executive Summary During rescue excavations in downtown Reykjavík in 1999 nearly 100 kg of well-preserved animal bone was recovered in investigations at Tjarnargata 3 C by Fornleifastofnun Islands (FSÍ) directed by Mjöll Snaesdóttir. This bone collection (or archaeofauna) was largely sieved (4 mm an...