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Historical References to Mosfell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 mound at Kirkjuhóll contains turf walls with the Landnám ash layer, human skeletons buried in a Christian fashion, and the remains of what appears to be a wood stave church from the early Christian period.
  • This is indicated by the parallel arrangement of foundation stones seen in the photograph to the right and the traces of wood that are associated with these stones.


Some of the Kirkjuhóll burials
 


Foundations of the wooden stave church discovered at Kirkjuhóll