Holocene climatic variability and historical anthropogenic impacts in the subarctic region : a multiproxy study of the sedimentary sequence of Lake Igaliku (Greenland)

• Main Author: Massa, Charly
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC), Université de Franche-Comté, Hervé Richard, Vincent Bichet
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: Norse; Climate; Lake sediment; Greenland; Groenland; Sédiments lacustres; Viking; Holocène; Climat; Agriculture; [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; Igaliku; Subarctic; subarctique*
• Online Access: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01327259; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01327259/document; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01327259/file/these_A_MASSA_Charly_2012.pdf

The medieval Norse colonization of Greenland (986-1450 AD) and the subsequent reestablishment of agriculture in south Greenland, aided by recent climate warming, constitute a conceptual model that is particularly well adapted to understanding the relations between a community and its environment. In...