Document Type
Research Report
Publication Date
2022
Abstract
This report outlines the 2021 work at Hólar in Hjaltadalur as part of the Hjaltadalur Archaeological Survey Project (HASP). The results of soil coring suggest that the farmstead of Hólar is the most extensive farmstead measured using this method in the area of Skagafjörður. After over 1200 cores and 17 excavations (6 of which were part of the 2021 research), there are still no confirmed pre-1104 cultural deposits at Hólar. This difficulty in identifying the pre-1104 domestic occupation implies that Viking Age Hólar was probably not large. The Hólar farmstead domestic space seems to be tightly defined and constrained rather than having small isolated domestic deposits spread all over the landscape.
Recommended Citation
Zoëga, Guðný and Steinberg, John M., "Preliminary Report 2021: Geophysics, Coring, and Excavations at Hólar; Geophysics at Kálfsstaðir" (2022). Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research Publications. 21.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/fiskecenter_pubs/21
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