Smithsonian Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nDuring excavations of a Viking age hall in eastern Iceland, archaeologists have found an even older building dating to the 8th century. Since the medieval written sources state that the first settlers came to Iceland in the 870s AD, this new find has the potential to reinterpret the Scandinavian Vikings’ process to colonize Iceland. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe hall dating to the 8th century was found underneath a younger hall, where high status finds such as beads, silver and imported objects testify to a wealthy person’s household. 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