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ICELANDIC FARMHOUSE EXCAVATIONS: FlELD METHODS AND SITE CHOICES
farmhouses it has been demonstrated
here that this is at best variable, and care
has been taken when using all earlier
reports. The only time period which has
a representative sample, in terms of
absolute numbers of sites and in terms of
status variation and geographical cover-
age, is the Viking age. The sites from the
later periods are much fewer. This situa-
tion should however be remedied to a
considerable degree when the multi-peri-
od sites Stóraborg, Bessastaðir and Viðey
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