Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2010, Side 14

BIRNA LÁRUSDÓTTIR
butit isn 't the issue what the owner of some
find was called. Archaeology is about the
daily life of people, no matter if their
names ever got written on paper or not.
BL: Do you recall what happened when
we were in a rush to finish the excavation
of Aðalstræti back in 2001? We had to
work on the 1 st May and were digging like
crazy, dirty and sweaty with our shovels,
when the May Day demonstration passed
by - people playing trumpets and blowing
homs. We got some really strange looks
and some of the people seemed to feel
deeply sorry for us. That was an awkward
moment!
MS: Yes, this was funny.There was one
really weird guy there who left the group,
stopped at the edge of the excavation and
shouted: “Archaeologists steal time!
Archaeologists steal time! ’ ’