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Archaeological Investigations in Vatnahverfi, Greenland 2008 Season Preliminary Report (field report) (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Konrad Śmiarowski.

July and August 2008 was the fourth season of the collaborative Norse Settlement in the Vatnahverfi Region, South Greenland ca. AD 985 – 1450 Project. The Danish Middle Ages & Renaissance Department at The Danish National Museum and the Greenland National Museum and Archives (NKA) collaborated with the Northern Science and Education Center at City University of New York (NORSEC/CUNY) to complete an archaeological project in Southwestern Greenland, in the Qaqortoq Municipality. The...


North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO)
PROJECT CUNY Northern Science and Education Center. Thomas McGovern.

This project file contains NABO publications. NABO was founded over 20 years ago to attempt to cross-cut national and disciplinary boundaries and to help North Atlantic scholars make the most of the immense research potential of our damp and lovely research area. NABO has worked to aid in improving basic data comparability, in assisting practical fieldwork and interdisciplinary ventures, in promoting student training, and in better communicating our findings to other scholars, funding...


Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jette Arneborg. Martin Hebsgaard. Niels Lynnerup. Christian Koch Madsen. Caroline Polke Paulsen. Konrad Śmiarowski.

The summer of 2008 was the fourth season with archaeological field work in the Vatnahverfi region in the Norse Eastern Settlement. The main purpose of the project is to investigate and discuss cultural, social and economic strategies of the Norse Greenland settlement from landnam in the late 980´ties to depopulation in the later part of the 15th Century with Vatnahverfi as case study area. Knowledge of the culture landscape are prerequisite for the project and high resolution and GPS surveys...