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):Mcgill-Queen's University Press
Place of Publication:Montreal
Language:eng
Publication Date:1991.

The Physical Object

Description:192 p. : : ill. (some col.) ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0773508708, 9780773508705
oclc:ocm23051498
LC Classification:E99.E7
Dewey Decimal:998.2/004971

Subjects

Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greenland Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Groenland Greenland -- Qilakitsoq Site Inuit -- Antiquities Inuit -- Antiquities. -- Greenland Inuit -- Funeral customs and rites -- G… Inuit -- Mortuary customs -- Greenland Inuits -- Antiquités. -- Groenland Inuits -- Rites et cérémonies funéraire… Momies -- Groenland Mummies Mummies -- Greenland Qilakitsoq (Groenland : Site archéologi… Qilakitsoq (Groenland : Site archéologi… Qilakitsoq Site (Greenland) Qilakitsoq Site (Greenland) -- Antiquit…