Metallurgical findings from a Viking Age chieftain's farm in Iceland

@article{Wrmlnder2010MetallurgicalFF,
  title={Metallurgical findings from a Viking Age chieftain's farm in Iceland},
  author={Sebastian K.T.S. W{\"a}rml{\"a}nder and Davide Zori and Jesse L. Byock and David A. Scott},
  journal={Journal of Archaeological Science},
  year={2010},
  volume={37},
  pages={2284-2290}
}
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