VERY SMALL DWELLING SITES dating to the Settlement Period (9th and 10th centuries ad) were recently investigated in the region of Hegranes in Skagafjörður, northern Iceland. The sites were depopulated by the early 12th century, and they differ from farmsteads in many respects, including spatiotemporal extent, landscape context, and midden contents. The establishment of small dwelling sites suggests that the Icelandic settlement was characterised by forms of landscape management and social organisation that were specifically adapted to the colonisation of a new land, bearing little resemblance to what came after. Habitation at the sites ended during a period of economic transformation, after which they became outfields and pasture, part of the broader landscape of other farms. Archaeological study of small, non-farm dwelling sites is beginning to shed light on the economic and social role played by people whose lives and voices are not a part of the historical record.

很小的民居遗址距今到结算期间（9和10世纪广告) 最近在冰岛北部 Skagafjörður 的 Hegranes 地区进行了调查。这些遗址在 12 世纪初期人口减少，它们在许多方面与农庄不同，包括时空范围、景观背景和中间内容。小型住宅区的建立表明，冰岛定居点的特点是景观管理和社会组织形式专门适应新土地的殖民化，与后来的情况几乎没有相似之处。在经济转型时期，这些地方的居住结束了，之后它们变成了外场和牧场，是其他农场更广阔景观的一部分。小考古研究，