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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 88-96 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 267 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- General Arts and Humanities