A Comparison of Paleo-Eskimo and Medieval Norse Bone Fat Exploitation in Western Greenland

• Main Author: Outram, Alan K
• Other Authors: University of Exeter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Wisconsin Press 1999
• Subjects: Paleo-Eskimo; Medieval Norse; bone fat exploitation; Greenland; Itivnera; Qeqertasussuk; Sandnes; Arctic; Arctic Anthropology; eskimo*; greenlandic; Saqqaq; Saqqaq culture
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10036/27472

Reproduced with permission of the publisher. Details of the original publication are available at http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/journals/journals/aa.html The importance of fat in the diet is outlined. The practice of rendering animal bones for their grease content is discussed. A methodology fo...