Investigating the Norse Harbour of Igaliku (Southern Greenland) Using an Integrated System of Side-Scan Sonar and High-Resolution Reflection Seismics

• Main Author: Natascha Mehler
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: 812938:Archaeology:topical; 813004:Archaeology and history:topical; Garðar; Greenland; Igaliku; Igaliku Fjord
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17613/syjv-5z98

This study presents the results of a marine geophysical survey performed in the Igaliku fjord in southern Greenland in order to understand the harbour setting of the former Norse settlement Garðar (modern Igaliku). The aims of the survey were (a) to reconstruct the former coastline during the first...