Qilakitsoq
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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
Mummy I/1: a six-month-old boy
Married Greenlandic woman (1654). Her tattoos almost exactly match those of adult mummies found in Qilakitsoq.
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
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…
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