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Þorbergur Hjalti Jónsson, Skógrækt Ríkisins
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Acknowledgements:
We would like to thank Þrostur Eysteinsson and
Þorbergur Hjalti Jónsson of Skógrækt Ríkisins
(Icelandic Forest Research) for providing
firewood and extremely useful, though
unpublished data on the density of modem
Icelandic woodlands. We are also grateful to the
Institute of Archaeology of Iceland
(Fomleifastofnun Islands) for providing a
transport vehicle for this experiment. Special
thanks to Stefán Öm Stefánsson and Grétar
Markússon of the ARGOS ehf. architectural
office for providing the plans of the Eiriksstaðir
replica as well as to Sigurður Jökulsson of the
tourist board in Eiríksstaðir for being a kind host
and tme supporter.
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