Archaeological investigations of prehistoric caribou hunting on the Nuussuaq Peninsula (West Greenland)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Clemens Pasda
• Subject Area: Prehistory and World Archaeology
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 413882193

The investigation on Nuussuaq (70°N) may be important because, first, its inland was, in the last 700 years, a center to hunt caribou. Its documentation provide data on Thule and historic caribou subsistence to extend knowledge from the traditional research area in Central West Greenland (64-66°). Second, the investigation of the second, very long, stone-built fence at Saputit will extend this knowledge back in time, maybe into Paleo-Inuit times (2500-0 BC).

• DFG Programme: Research Grants