Gásir in Eyjafjörđur: International Exchange and Local Economy in Medieval Iceland

• Published in: Journal of the North Atlantic
• Main Authors: Harrison, Ramona, Roberts, Howell M, Adderley, W Paul
• Other Authors: City University of New York, Institute of Archaeology, Iceland, Biological and Environmental Sciences, orcid:0000-0001-5552-1696
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Eagle Hill Foundation 2008
• Subjects: Iceland; Medieval; Archaeology; Geoarchaeology; Sediment analysis; Zooarchaeology; Gasir Site (Iceland); Iceland Commerce History To 1262; Iceland History To 1262; Eyjafjörður; Major Point; walrus*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/763; https://doi.org/10.3721/1935-1933-1.1.99; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/763/1/99-119%20Harrison%20J081109.pdf

The site of Gásir in Eyjafjörður in northeast Iceland was excavated from 2001–2006, revealing details of one of the larger seasonal trading centers of medieval Iceland. Interdisciplinary investigations of the site have shed light upon the organization of the site and provided confirmation of documen...