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Historical References to Mosfell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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Directors, Mosfell Archaeology Project:

  • Prof. Jesse L. Byock (UCLA)
  • Prof. Phillip Walker (UCSB)

Team Members:

  • Prof., MD, Per Holck
    University of Oslo
  • Prof. Jon Erlandsson
    University of Oregon
  • Magnús Sigurgeirsson
    Geologist, Iceland
  • Prof. Mark Tveskov
    University of Southern Oregon
  • Prof. Helgi Þorláksson
    University of Iceland
  • Bjarki Bjarnason
    Researcher, Iceland
  • Prof. Patricia Lambert
    University of Utah
  • Magnús Guðmundsson
    University of Iceland
  • Jacqueline Eng
    University of California
  • Kaethin Prizer
    University of California
  • Ashley Byock
    Northwestern University
  • Melissa Reid
    University of Oregon
  • Davide Zori
    University of California
  • Hilde Fyllingen
    University of Bergen
 

Liasons:

  • Fornleifavernd ríkisins, Agnes Stefánsdóttir
  • National Museum of Iceland, Guðmundur Ólafsson