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Historical References to Mosfell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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  • The excavations during the 2002 had many exciting results. Work at Kirkjuhóll verified the presence of a cemetery containing skeletons buried in Christian fashion at the site. The foundations of several early structures were also discovered.
  • One of these structures appears to be a conversion period wooden stave church. We also found the remains of a turf structure. This suggests that several phases of building occurred at the site.
  • Artifacts discovered in the Kirkjuhóll cemetery included a Viking Age iron ring pin and a worked piece of whalebone with a series of lines cut into its surface.
 

A Viking age pin from the Hrísbrú cemetery


Kirkjuhóll burial excavations