SASS – UMass Boston – Fiske Center – Archaeology

Blog of the Skagafjordur Archaeological Settlement Survey

February 2, 2011
by John Steinberg
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NSF – SASS in US News and Word Report

There is a nice article about our pollen work in US News and World Report.  This is a series of reports about NSF funded work. http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2011/01/12/learning-from-the-viking-age John Steinberg

August 5, 2009
by John Steinberg
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Viking Age Pollen

The Pollen team is one of several groups working on the UMass Boston Archaeological Project in Northern Iceland.  To find pollen from the Viking Age we dig small holes and sample to soil. We can date the soil because of … Continue reading

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

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