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Historical References to Mosfell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

 
 
 
choose Evidence of Viking Age ViolencePrevious | Next choose
  • A male homicide victim from the Hrísbrú cemetery with an axe wound in the side of his head. Another wound in the back of his head was also made by a bladed weapon.
  • The red arrows point to the areas shown enlarged on the right.
  • This person’s coffin contained two large rocks. Rocks may have been placed on top of a victim of violence as a traditional defense against the problem of the “walking dead.”