The Greenland mummies

by Hart Hansen, Jens Peder Meldgaard, Jørgen Nordqvist, Jørgen

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This book describes in detail the excavation and analysis of an archaeological site at Qilakitsoq in west Greenland with graves containing the mummies of six Inuit who were buried there about 1475 A.D. It includes analysis of skin clothing and footwear, tattooing, diet, burial customs, material culture, health and dentition, and a comparison with the contemporary Norse East and West Settlement.

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Title Statements

Full title :The Greenland mummies / edited by Jens Peder Hart Hansen, Jørgen Meldgaard, Jørgen Nordqvist.

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Publication Date:©1991.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):British Museum Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1991.

The Physical Object

Description:192 pages : : illustrations (some color), maps ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0714125008, 9780714125008, 0773508708, 9780773508705, 1560980451, 9781560980452
oclc:ocm59857551
LC Classification:E99.E7
Dewey Decimal:998.2004971

1. Inuit and Norsemen / H.C. Gulløv, Jørgen Meldgaard -- 2. The find / Claus Andreasen [and others] -- 3. Death and burial / Rolf Gilberg, Robert Petersen -- 4. The people / T. Ammitzbøll [and others] -- 5. Tattooing / H. Kapel [and others] -- 6. Clothing / T. Ammitzbøll [and others] -- 7. Living conditions / J. Bresciani [and others]

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Antiquities Eskimo's Eskimos -- Greenland Excavations (Archaeology) Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greenland Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Groenland Greenland Greenland -- Qilakitsoq Site inuit Inuit -- Antiquities. -- Greenland Inuit -- Greenland Inuit -- Mortuary customs -- Greenland Inuits -- Antiquités. -- Groenland Inuits -- Groenland Inuits -- history Inuits -- Rites et cérémonies funéraire… Momies Momies -- Groenland Mummies Mummies -- Greenland