A Viking-age valley in Iceland: The Mosfell Archaeological Project

Medieval Archaeology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2005, Pages 195-218

  Byock, Jesse ^a   Walker, Phillip ^a   Erlandson, Jon ^a   Holck, Per ^a   Zori, Davide ^a   Gudmundsson, Magnús ^a   Tveskov, Mark ^a  

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EID: 38949105868     PISSN: 00766097     EISSN: 1745817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/007660905x54080     Document Type: Review

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2. We also work in collaboration with the Hólar Project directed by Ragnheiour Traustadóttir
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14. Thanks are owed to Bjarki Bjarnason, who, in the initial survey phase of the project and afterwards, walked the valley, coast, and highlands with Jesse Byock, sharing his extraordinary knowledge of Mosfellssveit's past. Professor Helgi Porláksson also worked closely with us on textual and archival matters
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