The Gásir Area A Archaeofauna: An Update of the Results from the Faunal Analysis of the High Medieval Trading Site in Eyjafjörður, N Iceland

This faunal report presents new information on the Gásir archaeofauna which was collected during 5 years (2002 – 2006) out of the total 6 years of Archaeological excavations at the site of Gásir near the modern city of Akureyri. Under the direction of Howell Roberts of Fornleifastofnun Íslands (Archaeological Institute Iceland, FSĺ) and on behalf of Minjasafnið á Akureyri (Akureyri Museum), initial investigative activities at Gásir were begun in 2001. The project resulted in a large scale, open-area archaeological excavation carried out during the summer seasons of 2002-2006. The project has produced a substantial amount of animal bones, which have been continuously analyzed at the CUNY Northern Science & Education Center laboratories as part of the North Atlantic Biocultural Organization cooperative effort, with funding provided by the UK Leverhulme Trust, and the US NSF IPY project (see acknowledgements section for specific grant numbers). The Gásir excavations were part of an ongoing larger scale, long term project which aims to place the investigation of the high medieval trading center at Gásir in a regional and historical context. At this time, the analysis of the Gásir assemblage has been virtually completed, and is the basis for the author´s PhD thesis, to be completed in the Spring of 2010.

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