Environmental responses of past and recent agropastoral activities on south Greenlandic ecosystems through molecular biomarkers

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Guillemot, Typhaine, Bichet, Vincent, Gauthier, Emilie, Zocatelli, Renata, Massa, Charly, Richard, Herve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2016
• Subjects: Greenland; Igaliku; greenlandic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683616675811; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683616675811; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683616675811

Paleoenvironmental studies previously performed on Lake Igaliku revealed two agropastoral phases in south Greenland: the Norse settlement from AD 986 to ca. AD 1450 and the recent installation of sheep farmers, since the 1920s. To improve the knowledge of the timing and magnitude of the Greenlandic...