Turf Building in Iceland – Past, Present, and Future

For a millennium, turf was the primary building material in Iceland. It was used for dwellings, outhouses, boundary walls, raised roads, and other man-made structures. Turf is known as an earthen building material in many countries, especially in northern latitudes, but the knowledge of how to build...

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Main Authors: Zoëga Guðný, Sigurðardóttir Sigríður, Zoëga Bryndís
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-12-01
Series:Open Archaeology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2022-0345