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Between Man and Nature

The Making of Benedictine Communities in Medieval Iceland

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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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Kirkjubæjarklaustur

A beautiful whetstone | Fallegt brýni

06/07/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

This beautiful whetstone was found today at our excavation site in Kirkjubæjarklaustur. A very similar whetstone was found at Helgafell in West-Iceland in 2016. Þetta

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Kirkjubæjarklaustur

Excavation at Kirkjubæjarklaustur | Uppgröftur á Kirkjubæjarklaustri

03/07/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

Kirkjubæjarklaustur welcomed us with sun and warmth today on the first day of the excavation this summer. If you are passing through Kirkjubæjarklaustur in the

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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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