E78 KNK 203
Part of: Greenland
Recovery and Excavation: The 2006 rescue project followed standard NABO bone recovery protocols (stratigraphic excavation, complete sieving through 4 mm mesh dry sieve with substantial whole soil samples retained for flotation) and zooarchaeologist Konrad Smiarowski was a member of the field crew and was able to assist in bone recovery at both E74 and E29N
(Brattahlið/Qassiarsuk) in 2006. The field recovery of bone and other ecofacts was thus directly comparable between the two Greenlandic sites and with NABO excavations in Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
E74 represents work in progress by its excavator and zooarchaeologist Konrad Smiarowski. Once the information on the site and the data is ready to be presented in at least preliminary format, it will be uploaded.
Geographic Keywords
Greenland (Country) •
Vestgronland (State / Territory) •
GL (ISO Country Code) •
North America (Continent)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-2 of 2)
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E74 KNK 203 3-17-12 (2012)
DATASET
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Preliminary Assessment Report of the Archaeofauna from KNK 203 (E 74), a Norse Farm in the Eastern Settlement, Greenland (2007)
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The archaeofauna is still under study, and this report presents only a partial overview of the collection. However, a number of observations can be made at this stage: • The collection has been subject to severe attrition from freeze-thaw cycling and repeated flooding and drying. Only the most dense bone elements survive, and even teeth are badly preserved in some contexts. • While the conditions of preservation will limit the comparative value of the E74 archaeofauna and will probably make a...