Foreign Whaling in Iceland Archaeological Excavations at Strákatangi in Hveravík, Kaldrananeshreppi 2008

Data Structure Report

This is a report of the excavations at Strákatangi in Strandasýsla in 2008. Continuous excavations since 2005 have revealed extensive remains from foreign whalers in the area. The remains of four structures are visible at the Strákatangi site, three of them are clustered together and the fourth at some distance from the main cluster. The three structures that have been excavated from 2005 are tryworks, a large building with three rooms (habitation) and one smaller building (cooperage).

This report is not the final discussion about the research as the excavation is ongoing. The main aim of the report is to present the data in such a way that it be accessible to both scholars and laymen and give a detailed description of all elements of the project. The analysis of the data is still in progress and it is understood that the reader will not publish any of the material contained herein without the permission of Náttúrustofa Vestfjarða, Strandagaldur ses. and the authors.

A change was made to the archaeological database from the previous years and the main change being that instead of registering samples and bones in a separate list they are now recorded in the small finds database.

17th century Iceland Strákatangi Strandasýsla whaling

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