Plant and arthropod remains from the palaeo-Eskimo site on Qeqertasussuk, West Greenland

• Main Authors: Böcher, Jens, Fredskild, Bent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1993
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Raised Beach; Qeqertasussuk; Betula nana; eskimo*
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/140331

Samples from the excavation of a palaeo-Eskimo site, settled ca. 3900~3100 14C yrs BP on a raised beach, were analyzed for pollen and botanical and entomological macro-remains. In the dwelling area the original vegetation of grasses and Saxifraga spp. was covered by thick culture layers; under the m...