Project Details: Ø68 Timerliit Excavation Project - IPY - 2008

Project Description

Parent Project	The Norse Settlement in the Vatnahverfi Region, South Greenland c. AD 985 - c. AD 1450
Title:	Ø68 Timerliit Excavation Project - IPY - 2008
Description	Excavation of a midden at a Norse farm in inland area of Vatnahverfi, Eastern Settlement. Ø68 is a small size Norse farm in the inland district of Vatnahverfi. Even though the main goal to generate a large, well preserved and stratified zooarchaeological collection was not fully achieved, we were still able to generate a small, stratified collection. The thorough excavation throughout the whole midden deposition sequence enabled us to take bone and charcoal (local flora, not driftwood) samples from all layers, which will be used to date the settlement and abandonment of this farm through AMS C14 dating. Soil, micro-morphology, botanical, and ancient DNA samples were taken for analysis by specialists, and we hope to be able to reconstruct the vegetation conditions in this part of Vatnahverfi region prior, and during the human settlement, and compare it to modern conditions.
Keywords:	Greenland Norse Zooarchaeology Climate Subsistance Eastern Settlement
Sponsors/Funders	NSF Office of Polar Programs
Country	Greenland
Region	Quaqortoq municipality, Igaliku Fjord
Project Start Year	2008
Project End Year	2008

Edited report for 2008 Field Season.
Edited report for 2008 Field Season includes the report for the 2008 Excavation at Ø68 Timerliit