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Steffen Stummann Hansen:
The Norse landnam in the Faroe Islands in the light of recent excavations at Toftanes, Leirvík
Northern Studies 25 (1988), 58-84.
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This article was the first preliminary presentation to an international audience of the archaeological invesstigations at Toftanes in the village of Leirvík, Faroe Islands. The large-scale archaeological excavations of a Viking Age farmstead were conducted by the author on behalf of the Historical Museum of the Faroe Islands (Føroya Fornminnissavn) during the period 1982-1987.
