Preliminary Assessment Report of the Archaeofauna from KNK 203 (E 74), a Norse Farm in the Eastern Settlement, Greenland

• Main Authors: Smiarowski, Konrad (CUNY Graduate Center), Pálsdóttir, Albína Hulda, McGovern, Thomas (NABO and CUNY)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
• Subjects: Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV85140B4_meta$v=1487874595297

The archaeofauna is still under study, and this report presents only a partial overview of the collection. However, a number of observations can be made at this stage: • The collection has been subject to severe attrition from freeze-thaw cycling and repeated flooding and drying. Only the most dense bone elements survive, and even teeth are badly preserved in some contexts. • While the conditions of preservation will limit the comparative value of the E74 archaeofauna and will probably make a detailed context by context analysis impractical, the collection does have considerable value as a fully sieved archaeofauna from a small inland farm. With care, some broad conclusions about economy can probably be reasonably made.