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The fauna from the Saqqaq site of Nipisat I, Sisimiut District: preliminary results
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: 97-110
By: Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte.
Abstract
This work analyzes the preserved bone material from midden layers at Nipisat I, the youngest known open water site in Sisimiut district, western Greenland (2940 ±80 B.P.-2860±80 B.P. or ca. 940 B.C.-860 B.C.). A high percentage of bones from the site (46 percent) are from birds with lesser amounts from caribou and seals. 'The caribou material was intensively marrow fractured and the skeletal frequencies indicate that caribou hunted on the mainland were transported to the island of Nipisat in a partly butchered condition. Seasonal indicators, especially juvenile bird bones and mandibles from young caribou calves, demonstrate that Nipisat I was a summer/autumn site. The bone material has revealed the oldest occurrence in an archaeological context of the whooper swan in Greenland and two well preserved dog mandibles' (p. 97).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1998
- Field Date
- 1989-1990
- Coverage Date
- 2940± 80 BP- 2860±80 BP (ca. 940 B.C.-860 B.C.)
- Coverage Place
- Nipisat I: Sisimiut district, western Greenland
- Notes
- Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7:Anonymous)
- LCSH
- Arctic regions--Antiquities