in place, with small-scale yet intensive cultivation undertaken. Cereal cultivation
seems to have played a lesser role in the economy than in other areas of the eastern North
Atlantic and some of the barley may have been imported (Church et al. 2005 ).
The recent excavations at Junkarinsfløttur, Sandoy, represent a key site for investigat-
ing early Faroese palaeoeconomy. We must assume that this site is part of an extensive
settlement area comprising the church site. The archaeological record from the area
leaves us with the impression of a high-status Faroese society, which had strong links
with the outside world.
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Figure 42. 1. 3 Junkarinsfløttur, Sandur. Excavation of a ruin in 2004. (Photo: S.V. Arge.)–– chapter 42 ( 1 ): The Faroe Islands––