Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report)
The summer of 2008 was the fourth season with archaeological field work in the Vatnahverfi region in the Norse Eastern Settlement. The main purpose of the project is to investigate and discuss cultural, social and economic strategies of the Norse Greenland settlement from landnam in the late 980´tie...
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dataone:doi:10.6067:XCV8988623_meta$v-1317078060488 2024-06-03T18:46:52+00:00 Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) Arneborg, Jette Hebsgaard, Martin Lynnerup, Niels Madsen, Christian Koch Polke Paulsen, Caroline Śmiarowski, Konrad Vatnahverfi region, South Greenland ENVELOPE(-46.5,-44.0,61.3,60.0) 2011-09-26T23:01:00.488Z https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8988623_meta$v=1317078060488 unknown the Digital Archaeological Record Data Recovery / Excavation Site Evaluation / Testing Systematic Survey Ø66 Igaliku Kujalleq Ø169 Amikitap Tasia Ø67 Quorlortukasik Ø70 the Mountain Farm Ø72 Ø75 Taseq Ammalortoq Ø168 Zucerip Tasia E64 E66 (Igaliku Kujalle) E68 (Timerlit) 0801 0802 0803 0804 0805 0806 0807 0808 0809 0810 0811 0812 0813 0814 0815 0816 0817 0818 0819 0820 0821 0822 0823 0824 0825 0826 0827 Ø69 Timerlit Hamlet / village Domestic Structures Agricultural or Herding Hunting / Trapping Funerary and Burial Structures or Features Church / religious structure Midden Churchyard Chipped Stone Fauna Ground Stone Human Remains Metal Mineral Wood Dataset dataone:urn:node:TDAR https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8988623_meta$v=1317078060488 2024-06-03T18:05:01Z The summer of 2008 was the fourth season with archaeological field work in the Vatnahverfi region in the Norse Eastern Settlement. The main purpose of the project is to investigate and discuss cultural, social and economic strategies of the Norse Greenland settlement from landnam in the late 980´ties to depopulation in the later part of the 15 th Century with Vatnahverfi as case study area. Knowledge of the culture landscape are prerequisite for the project and high resolution and GPS surveys of ruins and ruin groups were initiated already in 2005 and have continued ever since. In 2005 and 2006 Niels Algreen Møller and Christian Koch Madsen surveyed parts of the large area measuring ruin groups with GPS (Møller & Madsen 2006 and Møller & Madsen 2007), and in 2007 Møller and Madsen headed continued surveys and GPS measurements in Vatnahverfi along with archaeological investigations at the small churches at the ruin groups E64 and E78. Konrad Smiarowski joined the fieldwork in 2007 especially focussing on economy, middens and midden excavations. (Møller et al. 2007; Smiarowski 2009). In 2008 the strategy was to focus on single sites in Vatnahverfi and the ruin groups E64 and E66 were selected for archaeological excavations. Both ruin groups are situated in Kujalleq, an eastern branch of Igaliku fjord. Both sites had churches connected. The church at E64 was apparently built at landnam and abolished after some centuries whereas the church at E66 seems to have been in use up to depopulation. We do not know when the first church at E66 was established. As churches connected to farms are used as indicators of wealth the objective of the excavations was to make comparisons between the two sites. At E64 both the church, church yard and the midden in front of the dwelling were the target for excavations. At E66 the midden was chosen for investigations. The conditions here were however more complicated than foreseen, and the excavations at E66 therefore had to be postponed. Midden excavations were carried out at E68 instead. Dataset Greenland Igaliku Kujalleq the Digital Archaeological Record (via DataONE) Greenland Igaliku ENVELOPE(-45.421,-45.421,60.988,60.988) Kujalleq ENVELOPE(-46.037,-46.037,60.719,60.719) Vatnahverfi ENVELOPE(-20.232,-20.232,65.681,65.681) Igaliku Fjord ENVELOPE(-45.599,-45.599,60.801,60.801) Taseq ENVELOPE(-50.500,-50.500,63.083,63.083) ENVELOPE(-46.5,-44.0,61.3,60.0) |
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Data Recovery / Excavation Site Evaluation / Testing Systematic Survey Ø66 Igaliku Kujalleq Ø169 Amikitap Tasia Ø67 Quorlortukasik Ø70 the Mountain Farm Ø72 Ø75 Taseq Ammalortoq Ø168 Zucerip Tasia E64 E66 (Igaliku Kujalle) E68 (Timerlit) 0801 0802 0803 0804 0805 0806 0807 0808 0809 0810 0811 0812 0813 0814 0815 0816 0817 0818 0819 0820 0821 0822 0823 0824 0825 0826 0827 Ø69 Timerlit Hamlet / village Domestic Structures Agricultural or Herding Hunting / Trapping Funerary and Burial Structures or Features Church / religious structure Midden Churchyard Chipped Stone Fauna Ground Stone Human Remains Metal Mineral Wood |
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Data Recovery / Excavation Site Evaluation / Testing Systematic Survey Ø66 Igaliku Kujalleq Ø169 Amikitap Tasia Ø67 Quorlortukasik Ø70 the Mountain Farm Ø72 Ø75 Taseq Ammalortoq Ø168 Zucerip Tasia E64 E66 (Igaliku Kujalle) E68 (Timerlit) 0801 0802 0803 0804 0805 0806 0807 0808 0809 0810 0811 0812 0813 0814 0815 0816 0817 0818 0819 0820 0821 0822 0823 0824 0825 0826 0827 Ø69 Timerlit Hamlet / village Domestic Structures Agricultural or Herding Hunting / Trapping Funerary and Burial Structures or Features Church / religious structure Midden Churchyard Chipped Stone Fauna Ground Stone Human Remains Metal Mineral Wood Arneborg, Jette Hebsgaard, Martin Lynnerup, Niels Madsen, Christian Koch Polke Paulsen, Caroline Śmiarowski, Konrad Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) |
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Data Recovery / Excavation Site Evaluation / Testing Systematic Survey Ø66 Igaliku Kujalleq Ø169 Amikitap Tasia Ø67 Quorlortukasik Ø70 the Mountain Farm Ø72 Ø75 Taseq Ammalortoq Ø168 Zucerip Tasia E64 E66 (Igaliku Kujalle) E68 (Timerlit) 0801 0802 0803 0804 0805 0806 0807 0808 0809 0810 0811 0812 0813 0814 0815 0816 0817 0818 0819 0820 0821 0822 0823 0824 0825 0826 0827 Ø69 Timerlit Hamlet / village Domestic Structures Agricultural or Herding Hunting / Trapping Funerary and Burial Structures or Features Church / religious structure Midden Churchyard Chipped Stone Fauna Ground Stone Human Remains Metal Mineral Wood |
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The summer of 2008 was the fourth season with archaeological field work in the Vatnahverfi region in the Norse Eastern Settlement. The main purpose of the project is to investigate and discuss cultural, social and economic strategies of the Norse Greenland settlement from landnam in the late 980´ties to depopulation in the later part of the 15 th Century with Vatnahverfi as case study area. Knowledge of the culture landscape are prerequisite for the project and high resolution and GPS surveys of ruins and ruin groups were initiated already in 2005 and have continued ever since. In 2005 and 2006 Niels Algreen Møller and Christian Koch Madsen surveyed parts of the large area measuring ruin groups with GPS (Møller & Madsen 2006 and Møller & Madsen 2007), and in 2007 Møller and Madsen headed continued surveys and GPS measurements in Vatnahverfi along with archaeological investigations at the small churches at the ruin groups E64 and E78. Konrad Smiarowski joined the fieldwork in 2007 especially focussing on economy, middens and midden excavations. (Møller et al. 2007; Smiarowski 2009). In 2008 the strategy was to focus on single sites in Vatnahverfi and the ruin groups E64 and E66 were selected for archaeological excavations. Both ruin groups are situated in Kujalleq, an eastern branch of Igaliku fjord. Both sites had churches connected. The church at E64 was apparently built at landnam and abolished after some centuries whereas the church at E66 seems to have been in use up to depopulation. We do not know when the first church at E66 was established. As churches connected to farms are used as indicators of wealth the objective of the excavations was to make comparisons between the two sites. At E64 both the church, church yard and the midden in front of the dwelling were the target for excavations. At E66 the midden was chosen for investigations. The conditions here were however more complicated than foreseen, and the excavations at E66 therefore had to be postponed. Midden excavations were carried out at E68 instead. |
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Arneborg, Jette Hebsgaard, Martin Lynnerup, Niels Madsen, Christian Koch Polke Paulsen, Caroline Śmiarowski, Konrad |
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Arneborg, Jette Hebsgaard, Martin Lynnerup, Niels Madsen, Christian Koch Polke Paulsen, Caroline Śmiarowski, Konrad |
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Arneborg, Jette |
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Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) |
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Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) |
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Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) |
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Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) |
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Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) |
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resources, mobility, and cultural identity in norse greenland, vatnahverfi project – report from the field work 2008 (field report) |
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Vatnahverfi region, South Greenland ENVELOPE(-46.5,-44.0,61.3,60.0) |
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ENVELOPE(-45.421,-45.421,60.988,60.988) ENVELOPE(-46.037,-46.037,60.719,60.719) ENVELOPE(-20.232,-20.232,65.681,65.681) ENVELOPE(-45.599,-45.599,60.801,60.801) ENVELOPE(-50.500,-50.500,63.083,63.083) ENVELOPE(-46.5,-44.0,61.3,60.0) |
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Greenland Igaliku Kujalleq |
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Greenland Igaliku Kujalleq |
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