Skalholt 2002 NABO NORSEC Laboratory Report 10 1 Interim Report of Animal Bones from the 2002 Excavations at Skálholt, S Iceland

This is an interim working report on animal bones excavated from 19th century contexts at the site of Skálholt in S Iceland in 2002 by Fornleifastofnun lslands. The investigations are ongoing, and this is only the first of a series of zooarchaeological reports on this major site. Fish and bird remains are still under study and will be discussed in later interims, but this paper reports the 2,185 mammal bone fragments (745 of which could be identified as cattle, caprine, and horse) from 14 context. These domestic mammal bones are in most ways similar to other early modern Icelandic archaeofauna, with a strong concentration upon sheep and cattle. Butchery patterns include characteristic bi-perforation of caprine metapodials and some highly patterned preparation of sheep and cattle rib racks for formalized consumption at table.

19th century Iceland Skálholt zooarchaeological

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