Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2013, Qupperneq 98

Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2013, Qupperneq 98
GUÐRÚN ALDA GÍSLADÓTTIR, JAMES M. WOOLLETT, UGGI ÆVARSSON, CÉLINE DUPONT-HÉBERT, ANTHONY NEWTON AND ORRI VÉSTEINSSON below the grass-roots so excavation was halted and the mound’s extent is still not definitively determined. In 2012 a 3x4 m large excavation area was opened in the midden area (surrounding the 2009 test trench) in order to obtain a substantial animal bone collection and geoarchaeological samples. A very large bone collection that is directly comparable to that of Svalbarð and that numbers in all likelihood over 100.000 specimens has been retrieved to date in Hjálmarvík. As well, a rich and very intriguing fmds assemblage ranging from the Viking age to the Medieval period has been found, including several elaborate chess pieces, unique carved bone plaques and combs, omamental metalwork and utilitarian worked bone objects. Sjóhúsvík In the Sjóhúsvík cove some 700 m west of Hjálmarvík, is a set of turf mins located on the edge of a steep bank overlooking the sea. The Sjóhúsvík site in fact consists of two groups of mins representing two different periods. The northem part of the site consists of a rectangular turf stracture approximately 10 m long. This feature is built on a crest of a small hillock and beneath it, to the southwest, is a docking shed (naust) built into a rectangular hollow leading to the shore. Both of these features are well preserved, clearly visible and appear to be relatively recent. This site is probably related to fishing activities; the rectangular turf stmcture is most likely a storage shed for fishing equipment, as the place name suggests, or a fishing booth. Immediately south of the fishing site is a narrow gully that drains an adjacent bog and that effectively divides the site in two. South of the gully is a meadow filled with þúfur (hummocks) and a low, oval mound also covered in þúfur, approximately 10 m by 15 m in dimension. Connected to the mound is a poorly preserved turf boundary wall. The enclosure measures approximately 50 m x 36 m and bounds an area of approximately 1250 m2 of boggy meadow. Both the mound and the turf wall are obscured by the large þúfur which impede the precise definition of the features. Nevertheless, the mound appears to have been a dwelling of some kind, possibly related to husbandry as implied by the turf wall. The poor preservation of the features suggests that this is a site of considerable age or that it is substantially transformed by cryoturbation processes in the wet meadow. There is no mention of this site in historical records nor is it known by Sigtryggur Þorláksson or other local residents consulted during the course of this study. In order to evaluate the mound, a trench (1x1,6 m) was dug into it in 2012. In it, a stone faced wall with a turf block core was exposed after removal of aeolian silt. A tephra was visible in the turf blocks but it is not clear at this stage if it is the H1300 or VI477 ash. On the eastem side of the wall, thin charcoal patches were present. In 2011, the site had been cored and small test trenches were dug into the boundary wall and into the southem portion of the mound. The preservation in the wall trench was so poor that it was difficult to interpret but both trenches provided subtle stratigraphic indications 96
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