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Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) Culture History and Archaeology

Culture history, archaeological sites, and other information related to the past of Greenland, also called Kalaallit Nunaat.
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Brattahlid and Herjolfsnes (Greenland)
Viking settlements of Erik the Red are described in an article in Archaeology magazine.

Geography of Greenland
Maps and other geographic data on Greenland, from About's guide to Geography, Matt Rosenberg.

Greenland Culture History
From the Guide to Greenland, several features on the history (and prehistory) of many of the towns in Greenland.

Greenland University (Ilisimatusarfik)
Institut for Kultur-og Samfundshistorie, teaches bachelor's degrees in archaeology. Webpage in Danish, Greenlandic and some English.

Nipaatsoq - Greenland's Icy Pompeii
One of Erik the Red's settlements, Nipaatsoq was abandoned in the 14th century with the rest of the Western Settlement because of famine conditions. From the New York Times.

North Atlantic Biocultural Organization
Conducts ecological and archaeological work in the north Atlantic, including Greenland.

Saqqaq Culture Chronology
From the National Museum of Denmark, a page on the Saqqaq culture, the earliest Palaeo-Eskimo culture of West and Southeast Greenland.

The Fate of Greenland's Vikings
An article in Archaeology magazine online, about the research into the investigations into the farmstead of Erik the Red by Jette Arneborg of the Danish National Museum, Joel Berglund of the Greenland National Museum, and Claus Andreasen of Greenland University.

The Greenland Norse: A Biological-Anthropological Study
Online book by Niels Lynnerup at the Laboratory of biological anthropology, The Panum Institute; Describes the skeletal remains of Norsemen in Greenland. In Meddelelser om Grønland Man and Society.

The Greenland Research Centre
The Greenland Research Centre at the National Museum of Denmark was established in 1999 to study the archaeological potential of Greenland, and has conducted several long term studies there. The website has several features on Greenland cultural history.

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