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Blog of the Skagafjordur Archaeological Settlement Survey

July 30, 2009
by Kathryn Catlin
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Pollen sampling

With the arrival of Heather and Sue, the coring team has morphed into the pollen team!  For the last week we’ve been coring at Meðalheimur, finding locations with good tephra sequences.  So far we’ve finished taking samples from four 1×1 … Continue reading

July 15, 2009
by Kathryn Catlin
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One-by-Ones everywhere

Emily and Rita have been digging 1×1-meter test pits in farm mounds all over Skagafjorður, looking for midden dating from about 1000 AD or earlier.  They finished the pit at Kjartansstaðir today!  Here’s Emily waving from inside the farm mound, … Continue reading

July 9, 2009
by Christa Beranek
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Chasing Walls

 While some folks are working on buildings and features that had been identified in previous seasons at Seyla, a few of us have been chasing out new turf walls.  For three days we’ve been following a long (15 meters) turf … Continue reading

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