Skagafjörður Church and Settlement Survey

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IMG_0979The Skagafjörður Church and Settlement Survey (SCASS)  seeks to determine if the settlement pattern of the 9th-century colonization of Iceland affected the development of the religious and economic institutions that dominated the 14th century. The research builds on combined methods and results of two projects. One has focused on Viking Age settlement patterns. The other has been investigating the changing geography of early Christian cemeteries. Together, the research seeks to understand the connections between the Viking settlement hierarchy and the Christian consolidation.

The research is funded by the National Science Foundation. It is a joint project of the Skagafjörður Heritage Museum and the Fiske Center at UMass Boston.  You can follow the work on Facebook

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1417772. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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