4 projects are located in the Faroe Islands |
Project Title: | Harbours of the North Atlantic AD 800-1300 Harbours of the North Atlantic (AD 800-1300) (HaNoA) |
Permalink: | https://www.nabohome.org/cgi-bin/explore.pl?seq=172 |
Country: | Faroe Islands |
Description: | The core aims of the project are: to investigate possible port facilities and their functions by studying medieval written sources, to examine the topography of ports in relation to navigational aids (e.g. landmarks), ballast fields, the seabed a...[More] |
Keywords: | harbours,Viking,Medieval,trade |
Project Title: | Heart of the Atlantic Heart of the Atlantic: cultural landscapes of Sandoy, Faroe Islands |
Permalink: | https://www.nabohome.org/cgi-bin/explore.pl?seq=14 |
Country: | Faroe Islands |
Description: | This inter-disciplinary project investigates the changing cultural and natural landscapes on the island of Sandoy, from first settlement to modern time. Archaeological investigations are focusing on the extensive excavations at Undir Junkarinsflötti,...[More] |
Keywords: | Faroes,archaeology |
Project Title: | Social-ecological Resilience in the Viking-Age to Early-Medieval Faroe Islands |
Permalink: | https://www.nabohome.org/cgi-bin/explore.pl?seq=136 |
Country: | Faroe Islands |
Region: | Sandur, Sandoy |
Description: | This dissertation aims to evaluate the development and maintenance of social-ecological resilience during the settlement-period (ca. 9th through 11th centuries CE) in the Faroe Islands. In particular, the core objectives include the identification...[More] |
Keywords: | Faroe Islands, Norse, historical ecology, resilience, zooarchaeology |
Project Title: | Undir Junkarinsfløtti |
Permalink: | https://www.nabohome.org/cgi-bin/explore.pl?seq=15 |
Country: | Faroe Islands |
Description: | Excavations of this extensive coastal erosion site occurred between 2003 and 2007. ...[More] |
Keywords: | Faroes,Norse,coastal,erosion |