E68 Timerliit

Part of: Greenland

Ø68 Timerliit Excavation Project - IPY - 2008

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Excavation of a midden at a Norse farm in inland area of Vatnahverfi, Eastern Settlement.

Ø68 is a small size Norse farm in the inland district of Vatnahverfi. Even though the main goal to generate a large, well preserved and stratified zooarchaeological collection was not fully achieved, we were still able to generate a small, stratified collection. The thorough excavation throughout the whole midden deposition sequence enabled us to take bone and charcoal (local flora, not driftwood) samples from all layers, which will be used to date the settlement and abandonment of this farm through AMS C14 dating. Soil, micro-morphology, botanical, and ancient DNA samples were taken for analysis by specialists, and we hope to be able to reconstruct the vegetation conditions in this part of Vatnahverfi region prior, and during the human settlement, and compare it to modern conditions.

Smiarowski, Konrad. (2008) Archaeological Investigations in Vatnahverfi, Greenland 2008 Season Preliminary Report. NORSEC IPY Report, available on line www.nabohome.org.

Geographic Keywords
Greenland (Country) • Vestgronland (State / Territory) • GL (ISO Country Code) • North America (Continent)

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  • Archaeological Investigations in Vatnahverfi, Greenland 2008 Season Preliminary Report (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Konrad Smiarowski.

    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 project...

  • E68 Timerliit 3-14-12 (2012)
    DATASET Konrad Smiarowski.

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