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fundamental elements in 19th-century
improvement in Iceland and hope to have
demonstrated that archaeological research
with material culture at its centre is well
equipped to study those processes.
Acknowledgements
The paper is basecfon Agusta Edwald’s Phd research
at the University of Aberdeen, which was supervised
by Karen Milek. The research was funded by a
studentship ffom The College of Physical Sciences,
University of Aberdeen and the fieldwork at
Hombrekka was funded by Fomleifasjóður Islands
and the Camegie Tmst for the Universities of
Scotland. This fmancial assistance is gratefully
acknowledged. A preliminary excavation was
conducted at the site in 2001 by Karen Milek, Clayton
Tinsley and Joanna Skorzewksa, with the assistance
of Orri Vésteinsson. The excavation team in 2009
included the authors, Véronique Forbes, Liam
Lanigan, Oddgeir ísaksen andNicholas Sepúlveda. In
addtion to these people the authors would like to
express gratitude to the landowners at Hombrekka,
Reynir Jónsson and Anna Sveinsdóttir, Valgeir
Sveinsson at the Emigration Center in Hofsós, Hjalti
Pálsson and Hólmffíður Sölvadóttir.
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