Report of Bones from Saltvík, Northern Iceland

On August 9th 2004 Adolf Friðriksson of the Archaeological Institute Iceland revisited probable pagan burials near the farm of Saltvík just south of Husavík. The site has been subject of survey and test excavation in 2003 (Vésteinsson et al 2004) and three complexes of long hall and pit houses have been documented and tested, revealing an occupation just after the mid-10th c Veiðivötn tephra. During the 2003 season, two pre-christian graves were located and excavated, both proving to have been looted in the later Middle Ages just prior to the 1477 tephra fall. In 2004 Adolf was able to recover additional bone material from the
robbers’ spoil heap associated with burial KUML 1, including both horse and human bones. This report documents the zooarchaeological portion of this grave
find.

Husavík Iceland page burial Salvík

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