Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2015, Page 20

JORIS COOLEN AnD NATASCHA MeHLER
Figure 4. Aerial photograph of Þingeyrar with areas surveyed in 2012 (Map data © 2013 Esri, DeLorme,
NAVTEQ; TomTom; Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid,
IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS User Community).
but smaller features may not be visible. In
Þingeyrar, the 50-cm data defmitely yielded
more useful results, indicating that most
of the detected archaeological features lie
at a relatively shallow depth. The survey
data were downloaded and processed in
ArcheoSurveyor 2.5.18.4 and subsequently
exported to ArcGIS 10 for interpretation.
Three areas were surveyed, covering 1.3
hectares in total. The main area is located
north of the farmstead and measures 1.1
hectares. It covers the dómhringur and the
old graveyard. To the east, an area of 800
m2 targeted the possible remains of two (?)
booths or outhouses, which are faintly vis-
ible on the slope.
Finally, an area of 1,200 m2 was meas-
ured west of the new farmhouse. The latter
mainly targeted the concentration of booth
ruins, which Brynjúlfur Jónsson had ob-
served in the former homefield. The area
was levelled in the 20th century, and there
are no visible ruins in this area today. Jóns-
son’s sketch map, drawn from memory after
his visit, is diíficult to georeference. Hence,
the exact location of the alleged booth re-
mains is not known. The survey area was
chosen based on a cropmark visible in an
aerial photograph, but the resistivity sur-
vey did not reveal any potential structures
and will therefore not be further discussed
here.
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