Unmatched DNA preservation prove arctic hare and sheep wool in Norse Greenlandic textile from “The Farm Beneath the Sand”

• Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
• Main Authors: Sinding, Mikkel Holger S., Vieira, Filipe Garrett, Smith, M. Hayeur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Gården; Nuuk; Arctic hare; greenlandic; Lepus arcticus; permafrost
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/unmatched-dna-preservation-prove-arctic-hare-and-sheep-wool-in-norse-greenlandic-textile-from-the-farm-beneath-the-sand(280445ea-69b7-4a8c-bc20-b98fdcd50c51).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.043; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021439060&partnerID=8YFLogxK

GUS (Gården under sandet- The Farm Beneath the Sand) is a Greenlandic Norse settlement site 80 km from Nuuk in the former Norse western settlement occupied between 1000 and 1400 CE. Renowned for its excellent preservation caused by its interment under large quantities of sand and permafrost after it...