The Datasets
DataARC currently houses fifteen datasets from Archaeology to Icelandic Sagas to Paleoclimatology. You can access any of these datasets on Github. If you are interested in incorporating your work into the DataARC tool, please contact us! For more information on each dataset, click through to their summary pages linked below:
Data About Landscape & Climate
- Environmental Threats to Icelandic Sites
- Icelandic Saga Map Data - Place names and types discussed in Icelandic Sagas
- Icelandic Pollen Samples - Pollen data for vegetation reconstruction
- Regional Paleoclimate Models - Climate studies in the North Atlantic and links to their data
- SEAD - Strategic Environmental Archaeology Database - Data about insect life that can be used as a proxy for past environmental conditions
- Tephrabase - Details of tephra (volcanic ash) layers at over 1000 sites in Europe
Data About People
- Archaeological Excavation Datasets: Grouped by Contexts
- Archaeological Excavation Datasets: Grouped by Finds
- Excavations
- Jardabok: Data on Icelandic Farms
- Northwest Icelandic Cairns - Navigational markers in the Westfjords of Iceland
- Topic Modeling of Selected NABO Project Reports - Data from archaeological excavations of Skútustaðir, in Mývatn (North-East Iceland)
Data About Animals
- Artefactual Material Derived from Whales - Analyses of whale bones found at archaeological sites indicating human use of whales
- NABONOSEAD: Paleoenvironmental Indicators Derived from NABONE Zooarchaeological Data - Accumulated works of 25 years of zooarchaeological research in the North Atlantic region
- Zooarchaeological Data from Orkney
Add your own data
If you would like to add your dataset to the dataARC system, sign up at to become a contributor. We will contact you to discuss your project and to provide further information for data contributors.