SAN-HV08
worked material
FÍ — Reykjavik
Iceland
Featured
Worked scapula
Material
whale bone
Object Type
worked material
Period
settlement period, vikingtid
Date
870 CE – 1000 CE
Museum
Fornleifastofnun Íslands
Provenance
Sandvík
Location
Reykjavík
Date of Discovery
2021-06-09
Conservation
Fair
Species
Bowhead whale
Whale scapula fragment displaying cut and chopping marks associated with butchery, flipper disarticulation, cortical blank extraction, and transverse sectioning. Subsequently reused as a structural element in a wall. Surface cracking reflects post-depositional alteration in waterlogged coastal sediments.
References
This preliminary test model was created for the study of modification traces and anatomical features and does not represent the complete bone.
3D model courtesy of the source museum via Sketchfab.
Bibliography
Lísabet Guðmundsdóttir. 2022 Landnámsminjar í Sandvík: Björgunarrannsókn Framvinduskýrsla. FS86920082. Fornleifastofnun Íslands, Reykjavík.
Find Site Information
Region
West
Municipality
Strandir
Find Category
boplassfunn
Find Year
2021
Period
settlement period, vikingtid
Country
Iceland
Locality ID
SAN21-43-21
Latitude
65.7022220
Longitude
-21.4211110
Zooarchaeological Data
Skeletal Element
Scapula
Preservation State
Fair
Material & Technology
Object Type
worked material
Category
Iceland
Raw Material
whale bone
Species Attribution
Bowhead whale
Manufacturing Stage
Primary reduction
SAN-HV08
Worked scapula
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