Thule Culture in South Greenland, 1500–1900

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Climate and Heritage in the North Atlantic: Burning Libraries" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In collaboration with the NABO RESPONSE and Activating Arctic Heritage teams, Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfialu (Greenland National Museum and Archives) have intensively surveyed the Uunartoq Fjord, Igaliko Fjord, and Tunilliarfik Fjord, inner and outer fjord systems in South Greenland. The goal was to establish knowledge on the cultural landscape between 1500 and 1900 and establish knowledge on preservation of the cultural remains. The methods included surveying and recording new Thule settlements, excavating small test trenches in middens to establish knowledge on the economy through the analysis of faunal remains, and interviewing local populations about their knowledge on the past and present use of the cultural landscape. This project is led by Christian K. Madsen (Greenland National Museum and Archives) as a part of two international, cross-disciplinary collaborative projects, which brings together expertise and knowledge from the University of Greenland, Greenland National Museum, National Museum of Denmark, Memorial University of Newfoundland, University of Iceland, University of Bergen, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, and University of Stirling. We present preliminary data and outline the project methods, goals, and deliverables.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Climate and Heritage in the North Atlantic: Burning Libraries   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36096.0