Paleo-Eskimo kitchen midden preservation in permafrost under future climate conditions at Qajaa, West Greenland

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1331-1339

  Elberling, Bo ^a,b   Matthiesen, Henning ^c   Jørgensen, Christian Juncher ^a   Hansen, Birger Ulf ^b   Grønnow, Bjarne ^d   Meldgaard, Morten ^e   Andreasen, Claus ^f   Khan, Shfaqat Abbas ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (Denmark)

^d National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f Greenland National Museum and Archives   (Greenland)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; Kitchen midden; Paleo Eskimo; Permafrost; Preservation; Qajaa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MIDDEN; PERMAFROST; PRESERVATION; THAWING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 79954631370     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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