Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland
Inuit have travelled to and settled in the coastal landscapes of Northeast Greenland for several longer periods during the latest ca. 4500 years. Most recently the Thule culture Inuit lived in the region from around 1400 until 1850 AD. The access to partly and periodically ice covered near coastal w...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/774ab86c-b8c8-4fff-b488-f9c0d2000ea5 2023-05-15T16:26:43+02:00 Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland Kroon, Aart Jakobsen, Bjarne Holm Pedersen, Jørn Bjarke Torp 2010-12 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/coastal-environments-around-thule-settlements-in-northeast-greenland(774ab86c-b8c8-4fff-b488-f9c0d2000ea5).html http://rdgs.dk/djg/pdfs/110/2/GEO_110_2_03.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Kroon , A , Jakobsen , B H & Pedersen , J B T 2010 , ' Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland ' , Geografisk Tidsskrift , vol. 110 , no. 2 , pp. 143-154 . < http://rdgs.dk/djg/pdfs/110/2/GEO_110_2_03.pdf > article 2010 ftcopenhagenunip 2022-02-24T00:05:56Z Inuit have travelled to and settled in the coastal landscapes of Northeast Greenland for several longer periods during the latest ca. 4500 years. Most recently the Thule culture Inuit lived in the region from around 1400 until 1850 AD. The access to partly and periodically ice covered near coastal waters has been crucial to the primarily marine based subsistence strategy of the Thule Inuit culture, and their settlements are therefore found immediately at the coast. Changing geological and geomorphologic settings strongly influence the coastal morphodynamics, and only specific locations offer stable and protected conditions needed for proper winter settlements. The comprehensive study of coastal environments and Thule culture winter settlements in the Young Sound region show an accumulation of winter settlements, nearly all located either in protected pocket beaches or on stable basalt capes. The Thule culture abandoned Northeast Greenland about 1850 AD, and apart from settlements on basalt capes, most of the winter settlement sites in pocket beach areas have been affected by erosion of local character and in some cases also affected by increasing wave erosion during recent periods of less ice in near coastal waters. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland inuit Thule Thule culture University of Copenhagen: Research Greenland |
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Inuit have travelled to and settled in the coastal landscapes of Northeast Greenland for several longer periods during the latest ca. 4500 years. Most recently the Thule culture Inuit lived in the region from around 1400 until 1850 AD. The access to partly and periodically ice covered near coastal waters has been crucial to the primarily marine based subsistence strategy of the Thule Inuit culture, and their settlements are therefore found immediately at the coast. Changing geological and geomorphologic settings strongly influence the coastal morphodynamics, and only specific locations offer stable and protected conditions needed for proper winter settlements. The comprehensive study of coastal environments and Thule culture winter settlements in the Young Sound region show an accumulation of winter settlements, nearly all located either in protected pocket beaches or on stable basalt capes. The Thule culture abandoned Northeast Greenland about 1850 AD, and apart from settlements on basalt capes, most of the winter settlement sites in pocket beach areas have been affected by erosion of local character and in some cases also affected by increasing wave erosion during recent periods of less ice in near coastal waters. |
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Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland |
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Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland |
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Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland |
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Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland |
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Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland |
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coastal environments around thule settlements in northeast greenland |
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https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/coastal-environments-around-thule-settlements-in-northeast-greenland(774ab86c-b8c8-4fff-b488-f9c0d2000ea5).html http://rdgs.dk/djg/pdfs/110/2/GEO_110_2_03.pdf |
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Kroon , A , Jakobsen , B H & Pedersen , J B T 2010 , ' Coastal environments around Thule settlements in Northeast Greenland ' , Geografisk Tidsskrift , vol. 110 , no. 2 , pp. 143-154 . < http://rdgs.dk/djg/pdfs/110/2/GEO_110_2_03.pdf > |
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