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The Making of Benedictine Communities in Medieval Iceland

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General | Almennt

Analyzing colors in textiles | Litir í miðaldarklæðum greindir

22/10/202302/11/2023 Steinunn J Kristjánsdóttir

Embroidered cloths from the Middle Ages were X-rayed at the National Museum of Iceland as well as analyzes of dyes in cloths and manuscripts. It

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Events | Viðburðir

Science Night | Vísindavaka

10/10/202302/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

It was a pleasure to participate in the annual Science Night, that was held on Saturday, September 30, in Laugardagshöll. One of the aims of

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Events | Viðburðir

EAA Annual Meeting in Belfast | Evrópuráðstefna fornleifafræðinga í Belfast

04/09/202302/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

Part of our team had a session at the European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting in Belfast this year. The session was a success and

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Þingeyrar

Last excavation day at Þingeyrar | Lokadagur uppgraftarins á Þingeyrum

24/08/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir
The Þingeyrar Excavation Team 2023

Thursday the 24th of August, the excavation site at Þingeyri was closed for the winter. The archaeological excavation this summer went incredibly well. The weather

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Þingeyrar

Visitors at Þingeyrar | Gestir í leiðsögn

23/08/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

During the excavation at Þingeyrar in August we offered a free guided tour of the excavation site. Among the guest were locals, Icelandic and foreign

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Þingeyrar

Welcome for a guided tour | Minnum á síðustu dagana í leiðsögn

22/08/202302/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

We are coming to an end of this season’s excavation at Þingeyrar. Welcome for a guided tour at the site until noon on Thursday, when

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Þingeyrar

We were in the news | Á baksíðu Morgunblaðsins!

15/08/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

We were on the back page of the Icelandic newspaper last Friday Just a reminder, if you are interested in visiting us and get a

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Þingeyrar

Free guided tours at the excavation site | Leiðsögn um uppgraftarsvæðið

01/08/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

Excavation at Þingeyrar in Húnaþing. Welcome on a guided tour Mondays-Thursdays at 11 am and 4 pm from the 2nd of August until the 24th

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Kirkjubæjarklaustur

In the Evening TV News | Í kvöldfréttum RÚV

26/07/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

Sigrún Þurðíður Runólfsdóttir, a reporter from the Icelandic National Television Station RÚV came and interviewed Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir, PhD, Professor at the Archaeology Department at University

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Kirkjubæjarklaustur

In the newspaper | Heilsíða í Morgunblaðinu

10/07/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

We were in the Morgunblaðið newspaper on Saturday Við fengum umfjöllun um uppgröftinn okkar á Kirkjubæjarklaustri í Morgunblaðinu á laugardaginn

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News | Fréttir

  • Analyzing colors in textiles | Litir í miðaldarklæðum greindir
  • Science Night | Vísindavaka
  • EAA Annual Meeting in Belfast | Evrópuráðstefna fornleifafræðinga í Belfast
  • The Þingeyrar Excavation Team 2023
    Last excavation day at Þingeyrar | Lokadagur uppgraftarins á Þingeyrum

Artifacts | Gripir

A bone needle was found in area E on the last day of the excavation this summer
A beautiful green stone was found
Look what I found!
Sigþór found this worked bone
Steinunn Edda found á tiny blue beat
A lead seal, most likely from a piece of textile
Did Eir find the key to the monasteryð?
A spindle wirl
Heiðar Berg found this beautiful beat

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Sponsorship

The project was awarded
with the Grant of Excellence
by the Icelandic Research Fund

The RÍM project
The project has received grants from
the RÍM fund “Literary culture
of the Icelandic Middle Ages”
(Ritmenning íslenskra miðalda)

Between Man and Nature

The Making of
Benedictine Communities
in Medieval Iceland

Principal Investigators

PhD Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir
Professor of Archaeology
University of Iceland
sjk@hi.is

PhD James G. Clark
Professor of Medieval History
University of Exeter
j.g.clark@exeter.ac.uk

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