Norse settlements in Greenland were established after 986 CE by settlers coming from Iceland. The settlers, known as Grænlendingar, were the first Europeans to explore and temporarily settle North Ame
The Konungs skuggsjá from approximately 1250 contains a great deal of information about the natural resource base of the Norse settlement on Greenland
Eiriksfjord
Wooden crosses as grave goods (found in Herjolfsnes)
Reconstruction of Brattahlíð Chapel
Thule people
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The Thule or proto-Inuit were the precursors of all modern Inuit and Yupik peoples. They developed in coastal Alaska by 1000 CE and expanded eastward across northern Canada, reaching Greenland by the
Norse settlements in Greenland
…appear to have developed their own dialect of Old Norse, now called Greenlandic Norse, not to be confused with the Eskaleut Greenlandic language. The Thule people, ancestors of modern Greenlandic Inuit, began migrating into Greenland around 1200 CE, bringing advanced Arctic maritime technologies that allowed…
Thule site near Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island
Inuk pointing out Thule site, June 1995
Whalebone used in the building of an ancient Thule home in Resolute, Nunavut