Ancient harp seal hunters of Disko Bay : subsistence and settlement at the Saqqaq Culture Site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC), West Greenland

Ancient harp seal hunters of Disko Bay : subsistence and settlement at the Saqqaq Culture Site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC), West Greenland / Morten Meldgaard.

The Saqqaq Culture site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC) is situated in the south eastern corner of Disko Bay, West Greenland. The site was excavated between 1983 and 1987 by Qasigiannguit Museum. The stratified cultural deposits are exceptionally well preserved by permafrost and yielded hundreds of tho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meldgaard, Morten
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : Danish Polar Center, ©2004.
Series:Meddelelser om Grønland. Man & society ; 30.
Subjects:
Saqqaq culture > History.
Seals (Animals) > Greenland > Disko Bay.
Hunting, Prehistoric > Greenland > Disko Bay.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Greenland > Disko Bay.
Saqqaq culture > Greenland > Disko Bay.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Greenland > Disko Bay.
Antiquities
Antiquities, Prehistoric
Excavations (Archaeology)
Hunting, Prehistoric
Saqqaq culture
Seals (Animals)
Disko Bay (Greenland) > Antiquities.
Greenland > Antiquities.
Atlantic Ocean > Disko Bay
Greenland
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Abstract ""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""Chapter 2: Present environment""; ""Chapter 3: Paleo-environment""; ""Chapter 4: Ethnography""; ""Chapter 5: Archaeology""; ""Chapter 6: Excavations""; ""Chapter 7: Man, dog and material culture""; ""Chapter 8: Faunal material""; ""Chapter 9: Subsistence""; ""Chapter 10: Subsistence and settlement 2400-1400 BC""; ""Appendix 1: Stratigraphic description""; ""Appendix 2: Informants""; ""References""; ""Back cover ""

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