The Mosfell Archaeological Project is an interdisciplinary research project employing the tools of saga studies, archaeology, physical anthropology, and environmental sciences.
The project's goal is to construct a picture of human habitation and environmental change in the region of Mosfell in southwestern Iceland.
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An Icelandic saga manuscript. |
Prof. Jesse L. Byock is Director of the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) and a member of the faculty at UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology.
Team Members:
- Dr. Davide Zori, Field Director
University of California Los Angeles
- Sigrid Cecilie Juel Hansen, Projects Manager,
University of Iceland
- Prof. Per Holck, MD,
University of Oslo
- Prof. Jon Erlandson, University of Oregon
- Magnús Sigurgeirsson, Geologist,
Iceland
- Prof. Helgi Þorláksson, University of Iceland
- Bjarki Bjarnason, Researcher,
Iceland
- Magnús Guðmundsson, University of Iceland
- Prof. Jacqueline Eng, Western Michigan University
- Dr. Rhonda Bathurst, University of Western Ontario
- Prof. Karen Milek, University of Aberdeen
- Elín Hreiđarsdóttir, Institute of Archaeology, Iceland
- Dr. Steve Martin, UCLA
- Prof. David Scott, UCLA
- Max Farrar, Surveyor and Mapmaker
- Stanislav Parfenov, GIS Professional
- Guđrún Jóna þráinsdóttir,
University of Iceland
- Margrét Hallmundsdóttir, Árnessýsla Folk Museum
- Grettar Markússon, Architect
- Stefán Örn Stefánsson, Architect
- Dr. Egill Erlendsson, University of Iceland
- Prof. Robert Wayne, UCLA
- Prof. Kevin Edwards, University of Aberdeen
- Prof. Vaughan Grimes, Memorial University
- Dr. Sven Kalmring, Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA)
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Excavating the Hrísbrú church.
Archaeologists excavating a trench at the Hrísbrú church excavation site.
Jon Erlandson and a modern symbolizaton of a ship.
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