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would be a worthy pursuit. The lack of clay deposits geologically also suggests that the
technology that arrived with the norse settlers had been adapted to their new environment. It
has been suggested already that furnaces were constructed of turf, a suggestion that requires
further empirical investigation.
Acknowledgements
This archaeological assessment of the archaeometallurgical residues performed on the slag
assemblage in Reykjavik would not have been possible without the assistance of Solveig
Beck. Thanks are also due to the members of FSI
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