Ancient harp seal hunters of Disko Bay (Vol. 330):Subsistence and settlement at the Saqqaq culture site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC), West Greenland

• Main Author: Meldgaard, Morten
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Museum Tusculanum Press 2004
• Subjects: Fulmar; Greenland; Qasigiannguit; Qeqertasussuk; atlantic cod; caribou; Disko Bay; Harp Seal; little auk; permafrost; ringed seal; Saqqaq; Saqqaq culture
• Online Access: https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/a223db4c-3dc3-43a1-9820-dfd87732ce0f; https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/a223db4c-3dc3-43a1-9820-dfd87732ce0f/assets/external_content.pdf; https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_342353

The Saqqaq Culture site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC) is situated in the south eastern corner of Disko Bay, West Greenland. The site was excavated between 1983 and 1987 by Qasigiannguit Museum. The stratified cultural deposits are exceptionally well preserved by permafrost and yielded hundreds of tho...