Figure 1
From: Assessing the consequences of recent climate change on World Heritage sites in South Greenland
Archaeological middens are often remarkably well-preserved in Greenland. The midden at Kangeq (a), close to Nuuk in West Greenland, contains organic artefacts including animal bones, wood (b) and bird feathers (c). Most of the midden was accumulated by the Thule culture Inuits (1300 EC–present), but layers from the Saqqaq (2500–800 BC) and Dorset (300 BC–600 AD) cultures are also present (Photos: Jørgen Hollesen, National Museum of Denmark).
