tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2634591238033631614..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: The Mosfell Archaeology ProjectJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-54162606210452985102014-12-08T18:42:39.522-05:002014-12-08T18:42:39.522-05:00Many Icelandic houses had that shape, including so...Many Icelandic houses had that shape, including some much smaller than the big longhouses. But all houses of the longhouse style needed wooded beams to hold up the roof, so in Iceland they were expensive to build. So the houses of poor people (who didn't live in a big household) were quite different.<br /><br />For a house plan of a radically different sort, built of stone, see here<br /><br />http://benedante.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-changing-diet-of-greenland-norse.html<br />Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-35006178988260145792014-12-08T10:31:51.614-05:002014-12-08T10:31:51.614-05:00Fascinating stuff. I'm struck by the great ho...Fascinating stuff. I'm struck by the great house footprint, which looks to me virtually identical to other Scandinavian great houses, such as those at Lejre from 400 or so years earlier. It's like, as soon as you became rich and powerful, or at least richer and more powerful than your neighbors, the first thing you wanted was a house that looked a certain way, and that way was a kind of standard piece of folk knowledge. Do you know if lesser family's houses in Iceland had the same or a different footprint?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com