Preliminary Report of the Archaeofauna at Skálholt, Iceland

This report presents results of a preliminary analysis of the archaeofauna at the
Episcopal farm of Skálholt, Arnessyslá, southern Iceland. This report presents
the preliminary analysis of group 634. Group 634 was a 3X5 meter trench
oriented lengthwise north to south opened up on June 28th of 2004 by Birna
Lárusdóttir. Further excavation of this group was conducted by George
Hambrecht during June of 2005, and a 1x3 meter extension was opened up off of
the north end of the initial trench. This work was conducted in conjunction with
the FSI excavations of the early modern phases of Skálholt. A total of 11,176
bone fragments were recovered from group 634. An analysis of faunal remains
from other contexts is on-going. Previous reports (Hambrecht et al. 2004, 2005)
have covered the analysis of a large midden of cattle bones (unit 454) as well as
some other finished contexts. Total number of bone fragments analyzed from the
Skálholt archaeofauna to date is 48,674. All sediments were dry sieved through
4mm mesh to standardize recovery of bones following usual NABO
recommendations.

本报告针对冰岛南部阿尔内斯斯拉（Arnessyslá）地区斯科加霍尔特（Skálholt）主教庄园的考古动物遗存展开初步分析，核心涵盖第634组遗存的相关研究。第634组遗存为一处3×5米的纵向探方，沿南北向布设，由比尔娜·拉鲁斯多蒂尔（Birna Lárusdóttir）于2004年6月28日发掘揭露。2005年6月，乔治·汉布雷希特（George Hambrecht）对该组遗存开展补充发掘，并在初始探方的北端增设一处1×3米的扩方。本次发掘工作与FSI开展的斯科加霍尔特近代早期阶段考古发掘同步进行。从第634组遗存中共出土11176块骨片。针对其他出土背景的动物遗存分析工作仍在进行中。此前的相关报告（汉布雷希特等，2004、2005）已涵盖对第454单位的大型牛骨堆积，以及其他若干已完成分析的出土遗存。截至目前，斯科加霍尔特考古动物遗存已完成分析的骨片总数为48674块。所有沉积物均采用4毫米孔径的筛网进行干筛，以统一骨片的回收标准，该操作遵循了NABO的常规建议。