The Mosfell Archaeological Project

Project Goals

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Historical References to Mosfell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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  • The different specialists on our team will explore among other subjects the development of roads and paths, the importance of the ships' landing at Leiruvogur, the changes overtime in subsistence strategies, developments in building techniques, and the usage of smaller activity areas, such as the sel, or summer dairy stations.
  • Crucial questions will be the production of iron in the early period, and finding the locations of burials, and early farm sites.
  • In some instances our task is to find the remains of turf buildings, roads, burials, agricultural enclosures, and port facilities before they are destroyed by modern construction or lost to human memory.
  • Concerning local memory, the Mosfell Archaeological Project has worked together with people in the valley, to make an oral history video, preserving the memories of the area's oldest inhabitants.