University of Iceland
Archaeology
The aim of this project was a development of a database for the analysis of the pottery assemblage from excavations at Stóraborg. The Stóraborg excavations were the largest rescue excavations in Icelandic archaeology till the present.... more
Medieval monasteries were commonly located on major routes, as they were open to everyone in need for assistance. Still, an excavation carried out on the ruins of the Augustinian Skriðuklaustur monastery (A.D. 1493-1554) revealed suchlike... more
This study aimed to evaluate the possible use of mercury as a medical treatment at the medieval monastic hospital Skriðuklaustur (AD 1494–1554) in eastern Iceland. The individuals excavated from Skriðuklaustur exhibited a wide range of... more
Opportunities to directly study the founding of a human population and its subsequent evolutionary history are rare. Using genome sequence data from 27 ancient Icelanders, we demonstrate that they are a combination of Norse, Gaelic, and... more
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Icelandic medieval monastic sites–vegetation and flora, cultural-and relict plants, contemporary plant-names The colonization of Iceland began in the late 9th century and in the year 1000 the Althing chose Christianity to replace paganism... more