Tag: earliest settlers

EARLY ICELANDER A young woman now determined to have been one of Iceland’s earliest settlers was found in 1938 in a grave with various Viking-era objects, including this pair of brooches. IVAR BRYNJÓLFSSON/THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND

‘Woman In Blue’ Sheds Light On Iceland’s Earliest Settlers

MessageToEagle.com | April 18, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – A Viking-age (9th/ 10th century) woman grave was discovered at Ketilsstaðir, eastern Iceland, in 1938. Her skeleton was very poorly preserved and incomplete. The woman from Ketilsstaðir