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The Making of Benedictine Communities in Medieval Iceland

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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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Þingeyrar

Þingeyrar Annual Report 2022 | Þingeyrar Áfangaskýrsla 2022

29/06/202301/11/2023 Lára Janusdóttir

The annual report of the excavation in Þingeyrar from 2022, has been published. Please note that the report is in Icelandic but we have an

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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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