Ancient harp seal hunters of Disko Bay (Vol. 330):Subsistence and settlement at the Saqqaq culture site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC), West Greenland

• Main Author: Morten Meldgaard (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Museum Tusculanum Press 2004
• Series: Monographs on Greenland | Meddelelser om Grønland
• Subjects: Polar regions; grønland; archaeology; arkæologi; greenland; zooarcheology; antropologi og etnologi; fangst; zooarkæologi; english; anthropology and ethnology; settlements; excavation; arktiske studier; arctic studies; seals; sæler; bopladser; udgravning; engelsk; catch
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The Saqqaq Culture site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC) is situated in the south easterncorner of Disko Bay, West Greenland. The site was excavated between 1983 and 1987 byQasigiannguit Museum. The stratified cultural deposits are exceptionally well preservedby permafrost and yielded hundreds of thousa...