Excavation at Gröf, an early modern inland farm in Iceland’s southern Skaftártunga region, reveals a faunal assemblage dominated by fragmented and burned whale bone. To date, no other inland assemblages exhibiting these characteristics have been reported in Iceland. The presence of whale bone at an inland farm site in Iceland is itself peculiar, but the fact that in it is heavily fragmented and burned is even more unusual. It is hypothesized that whale bone was being used as a source of fuel and that this may indicate this farm had increased access to coastal resources. The presence of these burnt whale bones is examined in the context of the environmental, climatic and political/economic conditions of early modern Iceland.

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鲸骨作为现代冰岛早期内陆农场的燃料

在冰岛南部Skaftártunga地区早期的现代内陆农场Gröf的发掘过程中，发现了动物群，这些动物群以破碎的鲸鱼骨头为主导。迄今为止，冰岛还没有其他具有这些特征的内陆组合物的报道。鲸鱼骨在冰岛的一个内陆农场中的存在本身是很特殊的，但是鲸鱼骨头中的碎片严重且被燃烧的事实更为罕见。据推测，鲸鱼骨头被用作燃料来源，这可能表明该农场增加了对沿海资源的利用。在早期现代冰岛的环境，气候和政治/经济状况的背景下，检查了这些鲸鱼骨头的存在。