The Skagafjörður Church and Settlement Survey (SCASS) The Skagafjörður Church and Settlement Survey (SCASS) is a joint archaeological project of the Skagafjörður Heritage Museum and the Fiske Center at UMass Boston. The archaeological work seeks to determine if the settlement pattern of the 9th-century colonization of Iceland affected the development of the religious and economic institutions that dominated the 14th century.

The research builds on combined methods and results of two projects: The Skagafjörður Church Project that has been investigating the changing geography of early Christian cemeteries and The Skagafjörður Archaeological Settlement Survey that focused on the Viking Age settlement patterns sequence. Together, the research seeks to understand the connections between the Viking settlement hierarchy and the Christian consolidation. The research is funded by the National Science Foundation (PLR 1242829, 1345066 and PLR 1417772).

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Drone Footage: Keflavík church in Skagafjörður

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Reports of the Skagafjörður Church and Settlement Survey (SCASS)

2015

2015 Keflavík on Hegranes: Cemetery Excavation Interim Report.

Keflavík and Ás on Hegranes: Fornbýli (abandoned farms). Test Excavations Interim Report 2015

Hegranesþing on Hegranes: Geophysical Prospection Interim Report 2013 – 2015

Hegranes Settlement Survey: Interim Report 2015

Hegranes Settlement Survey: Early Modern and Modern Period Report 2015

2016

Keflavík on Hegranes: Cemetery Excavation Interim Report 2016

Egg on Hegranes: Geophysical Prospection, Coring, & Test Excavations

Hegranesþing: Geophysical Prospection and Coring Interim Report

Fornbyli Landscape and Archaeological Survey on Hegranes (FLASH) Interim Report