An excavation taking place in Fjarðabyggð, east Iceland, has led archaeologists to believe that they have found the old Viking farmstead at Stöð in Stöðvarfjörður fjord. Stöð is where the Vikings first settled in the Eastfjords.
According to Fjarðabyggð‘s website, archaeologists intend to dig two test pits (small excavation units dug to determine more precisely which strata contains artifacts or other remains) later this month.
Þórhaddur “the old” from Trondheim in Norway was the first to settle Stöðvarfjörður and lived there until his death.
A Viking Longhouse was unexpectedly discovered in a parking lot in downtown Reykjavík this summer. Its excavation was completed at the end of summer, with all the stones from the structure being numbered and preserved, so that the structure can be re-assembled.
An excavation taking place in Fjarðabyggð, east Iceland, has led archaeologists to believe that they have found the old Viking farmstead at Stöð in Stöðvarfjörður fjord. Stöð is where the Vikings first settled in the Eastfjords.
According to Fjarðabyggð‘s website, archaeologists intend to dig two test pits (small excavation units dug to determine more precisely which strata contains artifacts or other remains) later this month.
Þórhaddur “the old” from Trondheim in Norway was the first to settle Stöðvarfjörður and lived there until his death.
A Viking Longhouse was unexpectedly discovered in a parking lot in downtown Reykjavík this summer. Its excavation was completed at the end of summer, with all the stones from the structure being numbered and preserved, so that the structure can be re-assembled.
