Archaeological Excavations at Qassiarsuk 2005 – 2006

Field report (Data Structure Report)

This is the data structure report of the Qassiarsuk international archaeological project in 2005 and 2006 at the ruin Ø29a (KNK61V3-III-539). Here can be found, a.o., descriptions of the methodology selected for the excavation, the excavations themselves, lists of everything that was recorded during the two seasons, i.e. finds, samples, archaeological units, etc. Here are also published the preliminary interpretations of the data and discussion for future work at Ø29a. The main aim of the report is to present the data in such a way that it can accessible to both scholars and laymen and give a detailed description of all elements of the project. The analysis of the data is still in progress and it is understood that the reader will not publish any of the material contained herein without the permission of the Greenland Museum and Archieves or the authors.

The excavation at Qassiarsuk in 2005 and 2006 was a cooperative project between various institutions and Universities, Greenland National Museum and Archives (NKA), North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO), University of Stirling and Aberdeen, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The project was aimed at providing a modern stratigraphically controlled collection of bones and artifacts and to assess the conditions of preservation at this major site. It also aimed at assesing the site for future work and to see if the the site Ø29a could reveal new archaeological data.

Very special thanks are owed to the hard working and enduring international field crews of the 2005-06 seasons, and to the people of Qassiarsuk village who showed such kind hospitality. Special thanks are also owed to the staff at SILA in Copenhagen for allowing the use of their facilities and library during the writing of this report. Vital logistic support was provided by the NKA and VECO Polar Services. Funding support was provided by CUNY Northern Science & Education Center, the Greenland National Museum and Archives, the National Geographic Society Committee for Research & Exploration, the US National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Arctic Social Sciences Program, and the UK Leverhulme Trust.

Brattahlíð Eastern Settlement Greenland Norse Greenland Ø29a Qassiarsuk

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