essay
Neoglacial changes of ice cover and sea level in Greenland: a classical enigma
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: 257-270
By: Weidick, Anker.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
During the past 4000 years a cooling trend of the climate has caused a gradual build-up of the ice cover of Greenland, particularly of the margin of the Greenland Inland Ice. This paper discusses the relationship between the ice build-up, the subsequent depression of the earth's crust caused by the increased ice load, and the gradual increase in height of the relative sea level which has resulted in the submergence of many archaeological sites in the western Greenland area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 4000 BP -3000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western Greenland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anker Weidick
- Includes bibliographical references (see document 7:Anonymous)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities