The future preservation of a permanently frozen kitchen midden in western greenland

Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites

Volumn 14, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 159-168

  Hollesen, Jørgen ^a   Jensen, Jan Bruun ^a   Matthiesen, Henning ^a   Elberling, Bo ^b   Lange, Hans ^c   Meldgaard, Morten ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c Greenland National Museum and Archives   (Greenland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; Midden; Palaeo eskimo; Permafrost; Preservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873902354     PISSN: 13505033     EISSN: 17535522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1350503312Z.00000000013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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