essay
The bones from Qeqertasussuk: the earliest human remains from Greenland
paleo-eskimo cultures of greenland : a new perspective in greenlandic archaeology : papers from a symposium at the institute of archaeology and ethnology, university of copenhagen, may 21-24, 1992 • (1) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 35-37
By: Koch, Anders, Frøhlich, Bruno, Lynnerup, Niels, Hart Hansen, Jens Peder.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Four fragmentary human bones were found in 1986 in a midden at the Saqqaq settlement of Qeqertasussuk and radiocarbon dated to between 2400 and 2200 B.C. These bones represent the only known human Paleo-Eskimo remains from Greenland. 'The bones were dated to the earliest period of the Saqqaq Culture and were found to represent two or three different persons, probably an elderly male and a middle-aged and an adult female. The bones of the elderly male showed diminished amount of calcium. No causes of death could be determined' (p. 35).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Arctic Small Tool
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4400 BP- 3600 BP)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Saqqaq settlement of Qeqertasussuk, Disko Bugt, western Greenland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anders Koch, Bruno Frøhlich, Niels Lynnerup and Jens Peder Hart Hansen
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7:Anonymous)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities