The Mosfell Archaeological Project

Project Goals

Project Participants

Historical Cultural Ecology of the Mosfellsdalur

Map of the Mosfell Valley (Mosfellsdalur)

Archaeological Excavations

International Collaboration

Historical References to Mosfell

Archaeological Data and Historical Sources

Mosfell and the Viking World

Questions We Are Exploring

Results of the 1995 Test Excavations

The 1998 Fieldwork

The 1999 Field Season

The 2001 Field Season

Hrísbrú Burials

Evidence of Viking Age Violence

2002 Excavations

The Huldahóll Cremation Burial

Evidence of a Wooden Church at Kirkjuhóll

Research Update: 2002-3 Finds at Huldahóll

Research Update: 2002-3 Finds at Kirkjuhóll

Future Research

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An international research project employing the tools of

history, archaeology, anthropology, genetics, saga studies

and environmental sciences to construct a comprehensive picture

of human adaptation and environmental change in the Mosfell

region of southwestern Iceland beginning in the Viking Age



 
Directors:Jesse Byock, Professor, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UC Los Angeles
  Phillip Walker, Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara
A Video and Articles About Our Research

View "Mosfell Archaeological Project: A Viking Landscape," a video about our research

A Viking Age farm, church, and cemetery at Hrísbrú, Mosfell Valley, Iceland
Viking-age Valley in Iceland: The Mosfell Archaeological Project. Medieval Archaeology: Journal for the Society for Medieval Archaeology
Valdamiðstöð I Mosfellsdal Rannsóknir á fornleifum frd timum vikinga að Hrísbria og Mosfelli
The Axed Man of Mosfell: Skeletal Evidence of a Viking Age Homicide and the Icelandic Sagas
Þúsund ára gömul kirkja grafin upp í Mosfellsdal
Ásdís Hermanowicc, mastersnemi við
Egil's Grave Morgunbladid
Egil's Bones
The Skull and Bones in Egil's Saga
Davide Zori: A new view of the Viking Age
Hauskúpan og beinin í Egils sögu
Grave of Egil Skalla-Grímsson found?
Aldrei Fleiri Fornleifarannsoknir
Stór gröfin bendir til Egilssögu
Stórmerkur fornleifafundur
Egil Skallagrimssons gård og kirke på Island – fra utgravningene 2001–2005
Við Hrísbrú mættust heiðni og kristni
 
 
The Mosfell Archaeological Project is an international cooperative effort done in full collaboration with Mosfellsbær (the Town of Mosfell) and Þjóðminjasafn Íslands (The National Museum of Iceland). We have received valuable logistic and financial support from our Universities, the Icelandic Ministry of Science, Culture and Education, The U.S. Embassy in Iceland, The U.S. National Science Foundation, Icelandair, Landsvirkjun, and Mosfellsbær.

Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir, the Bæjarstjóri (Mayor) of Mosfellsbær discussing the excavation with Patricia Lambert and Jesse Byock.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of: