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