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CattleAn image of Auðumla the legendary cow that licked Odin's grandfather Buri from the ice and from whose udders milk flowed in streams. This milk…
SheepSheep were an important source of milk, meat and wool. The cloth made from wool was even a form of currency in Iceland during the Viking Age. Wool was…
Icelandic HorseThe Icelandic horse is a breed of horse from Iceland that developed from horses taken to Iceland by the original Viking settlers. It is small, often…
A Reconstructed Viking House in IcelandA photograph of a turf-built house in Iceland of a style that would have been common in the Viking Age
Houses and domestic life in the Viking Age and medieval period: material perspectives from sagas and archaeologyThis PhD thesis examines how houses were used in the Viking Age and medieval period, and compares archaeological evidence with the medieval Icelandic…