Bioarchaeological and climatological evidence for the fate of Norse farmers in medieval Greenland

P. C. Buckland*, T. Amorosi, L. K. Barlow, A. J. Dugmore, P. A. Mayewski, T. H. McGovern, A. E.J. Ogilvie, J. P. Sadler, P. Skidmore

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Abstract

Greenland, far north land of the Atlantic, has often been beyond the limit of European farming settlement. One of its Norse settlements, colonized just before AD 1000, is - astonishingly - not even at the southern tip, but a way up the west coast, the 'Western Settlement'. Environmental studies show why its occupation came to an end within five centuries, leaving Greenland once more a place of Arctic-adapted hunters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)88-96
Number of pages9
JournalAntiquity
Volume70
Issue number267
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Archaeology
  • General Arts and Humanities

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