Selhóll (Shieling-hill) in N-Iceland, near the end of Öxnadalur.

Today’s sheiling … in the land of Kóngsstaðir.

Today’s sheiling … Sökkusel. A great site with a good view over wet meadow and a small enclosed grazing area behind the sheiling. Our excavation focused on the main structure, with an interesting series of turf walls. The rise and fall of transhumance in Iceland

Today's site, Sökkasel. More work tomorrow!

The last fieldwork days with snowy mountains. Exploring tephra layers and backfilling. Also, where's north again? #Rannís Rannis

This year’s season in Iceland for the Rise & Fall of Transhumance in Iceland project The rise and fall of transhumance in Iceland is about to begin! Car is packed and we’re ready to go.

So it begins - Look at today's site! A shieling in a crater!

Finished our trench today at Helgasel and had about 1m’s worth of floors inside the structure. Alternate bands of charcoal and peat ash layers mostly relating to the second of two phases of wall construction The rise and fall of transhumance in Iceland

'Volcanic archaeology': a shieling in a crater at the forefront, with the 'mountain' formed in 2021/2022 eruption at Fagradalsfjall. A photo taken during a earthquake swarm that is likely a precursor of a new eruption expected in the incoming days #fornleifatwitter

New fieldwork report detailing the findings from the first field season in the Transhumance (shieling) project in Iceland. The report is written in English and you can access it here: academia.edu/104570613/FS93… Oscar Aldred

The team at #LAC2024 in Spain!

An exciting new article is out, examining archaeological and ethnoarchaeological evidence where five case studies, from Iceland, Spain, UK and the Italian Alps are compared! link.springer.com/article/10.100…