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Coincidentally enough, I spent a year living in the Mosfell area of Iceland in the mid-80s; a worryingly long time ago now.
If anyone's more broadly interested in Icelandic historical/post-medieval archaeology - not just the Viking bit (though given Iceland's settlement history, you can argue that all Icelandic archaeology is historical archaeology) - and is looking for something in English to read, I can recommend the happily bilingual publication:
Sveinbjarnardóttir, G.
1996. Leirker á Íslandi -- Pottery Found in Excavations in Iceland, Þjódminjasafn Íslands, Reykjavík.
While fairly slim when you consider that it includes the same text twice (in two separate languages), it's a comprehensive enough overview to reach as far as late 18th- to early 19th-century British pottery, so it may be of interest to listmembers who are looking to expand their familiarity with the European literature.
Alasdair Brooks
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