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Ragnar Edvardsson, Sophia Perdikaris, Thomas H. McGovern, Noah Zagor & Matthew Waxman
Winter is very hard. Domestic animals
are in danger from mudslides, creeks and
bogs. In some places there is flood dan-
ger. Storms are frequent and houses and
fodder are in danger from them. Wells are
bad and often dry out.
The occupant Brandur owns a boat,
which he uses for físhing during summer
when he can. Sr. Bjami owns a ship at
Ámes which he uses in spring for shark
físhing at the fishing station at Gjögur.
He owns another boat which he uses for
físhing when he can. He owns a part of
another boat with Sr. Guðmundur and it
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to gratefully
acknowledge the generous support pro-
vided by the US National Science
Foundation for both the original excava-
tions (Archaeology program) and later
analysis as part of the Office of Polar
Programs Arctic Social Sciences
Research Experience for Undergraduates
program. The innovative OPP Arctic
Social Sciences REU allowed for active
participation of the undergraduate co-
authors (Zagor & Waxman) in the labora-
tory research and field program in 2003.
is used for shark fishing ut supra.
Within the farmland there are rains
and a field boundary, where a farm seems
to have been at some time, but no one has
information about it. This farm can't be
rebuilt.
In another place there are rains called
Litlanes. These rains used to be a farm it
is said. The river Árnessá has now
destroyed most of them. This farm can't
be rebuilt.
(Magnússon, Árni and Vídalín, Páll,
(1940). Transl. Edvardsson, Ragnar).
We would also like to gratefully
acknowledge the support of the National
Geographic Society, PSC-CUNY grants
program, CUNY Northem Science &
Education Center, & Icelandic Science
Council. We would also like to express
our thanks for the kind hospitality of the
people of Strandasýsla and to the hard
working 1990 crew and to Colin
Amundsen for his work with the REU
students in the lab. This paper is a prod-
uct of the North Atlantic Biocultural
Organization (NABO) research coopera-
tive and of the Leverhulme Trast project
"Landscapes Circum Landnám".
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