Human-Environment Dynamics at Alluitsoq

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The colonization of Greenland in the 18th century led to the development of various regions of increasing cultural interaction between the Kalaallit, Danish traders and colonists, and German Moravian missionaries. The Alluitsoq project in Southern Greenland attempts to address the various aspects of these interactions at Alluitsoq and its surrounding area. Alluitsoq is the location of a former Moravian mission site of Lichtenau, established in 1774. The Danish and the Moravians attempted to influence Kalaallit society with conflicting policies during colonization. This paper utilizes the zooarchaeological analysis of a large and well-preserved archaeofauna collection and historical records to consider how the Kalaallit navigated these conflicting influences and the potential impact of these interactions on human-environment dynamics and human-animal relationships. Additionally, it emphasizes how food resources show the relationships between the Kalaallit and their environment at the site throughout the late 18th to 20th century.

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