Archaeoentomological investigations at Skútustaðir, Mývatnssveit, N-Iceland

Extensive midden deposits dating from the Settlement Period (871-930 AD) to the Early Modern Period (17- 19th century) were partly investigated at the site of Skútustaðir, Mývatnsveit, N-Iceland during the summer of 2008 by a team of archaeologists from City University of New York (CUNY) and the Institute of Archaeology of Iceland (FSÍ). In order to reconstruct long-term economics and human ecology at the site, a number of specialist analyses (zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, soil analysis, archaeoentomology) are carried out since then on material recovered during the 2008 and 2009 field seasons.

Reports presenting the general context, goals and investigation strategies for the Skútustaðir research project as well as reports discussing the results of zooarchaeological premilinary analyses are available on the North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO) website: www.nabohome.org. The present report describes the sampling methodology that was used for the collection of bulk samples for archaeoentomology during the summer of 2008, and discusses the results of the preliminary analysis undertaken in 2009-2010.

Archaeobotany archaeoentomology Iceland Mývatnssveit soil analysis zooarchaeology

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