Walrus Island – A pivotal place for High Arctic Palaeo-Eskimo societies in Northeast Greenland

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Sørensen, Mikkel
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Île-de-France; Kap; Dorsétien; eskimo*; Études/Inuit/Studies; greenlandic; Groenland; groenlandais; Saqqaq; walrus*
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1015959ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1015959ar

In this article, the Palaeo-Eskimo ruin features of the Walrus Island site are presented and analysed. The Walrus Island site was investigated in 2008 and more than 2,000 stone features were recorded, of which 445 were the remains of dwellings attributed to Palaeo-Eskimo occupations. These ruins are...