Qilakitsoq
Sign in to saveQilakitsoq () is an abandoned settlement and an important archaeological site in Greenland. It is the location of the discovery of eight mummified corpses from the Thule period. These Inuit mummies offer important insights into the lives of Inuit about 500 years ago.
Key facts
- Artifact.name
- Qilakitsoq
- Artifact.image_caption
- Mummy I/1: a six-month-old boy
- Artifact.location
- Nuussuaq Peninsula, Greenland
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Archaeological finds
- Grave sites
- Mummies
- Grave I
- I/1 A boy about six months
- I/2 A four-year-old boy
- I/3 A 20- to 30-year-old woman
- I/4 A woman over 30 years
- I/5 A woman of about 50 years
- Grave II
- II/6 A woman of about 50 years
- II/7 A woman of about 20 years
- II/8 A woman of about 50 years
- Clothing
- Other mummies found in Greenland
- See also
- Literature
- References
- External links
Qilakitsoq () is an abandoned settlement and an important archaeological site in Greenland. It is the location of the discovery of eight mummified corpses from the Thule period. These Inuit mummies offer important insights into the lives of Inuit about 500 years ago.
Qilakitsoq is located in Kitaa near the city of Uummannaq on the northern coast of the Nuussuaq peninsula (Greenlandic "Big Cape") in a sheltered cove of the Karrat Fjord. The Greenlandic name means "that which has very little sky", which probably refers to the steep cliffs that surround the area as well as its frequently-occurring fog.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qilakitsoq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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