Nipisat - a Saqqaq culture site in Sisimiut, central West Greenland (Vol. 331)

• Main Authors: Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte, Møbjerg, Tinna
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Museum Tusculanum Press 2004
• Subjects: Social Science / Archaeology; bisacsh:SOC003000; Greenland; Nuuk; Qeqertarsuup Tunua; Sisimiut; caribou; Dorset culture; Harbour porpoise; Saqqaq; Saqqaq culture; walrus*
• Online Access: https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/4984fce2-3389-4e10-87d8-8d389d14ae00; https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/4984fce2-3389-4e10-87d8-8d389d14ae00/assets/external_content.pdf; https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_342365

d on immature individuals caught primarily during their first summer on the breeding grounds. The inhabitants at Nipisat also hunted caribou on the mainland. The age structure and sex distribution of the caribou remains primarily reflect stalking. Selected body parts, especially the fore and hind le...