The biogeographical status of Alnus crispa (Ait.) Pursch in sub-Arctic southern Greenland: Do pollen records indicate local populations during the past 1500 years?

Ledger, Paul M.; Edwards, Kevin J.; Schofield, J. Edward

doi:10.1007/s00300-015-1790-0

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“…Crispa ) and juniper ( Juniperus communis ). These taxa form open woodlands or are found in isolated patches (Böcher et al 1968; Fredskild 1973; Ledger et al 2014, 2016).…”

Section: Wood Resources In Norse Greenlandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Timber imports to Norse Greenland: lifeline or luxury?

Guðmundsdóttir¹

2023

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The native trees of Greenland are unsuitable for larger construction projects or shipbuilding. Instead, the Norse colonists (AD 985–1450) relied on driftwood and imported timber. The provenance and extent of these imports, however, remain understudied. Here, the author uses microscopic anatomical analyses to determine the taxa and provenance of wood from five Norse Greenlandic sites. The results show that while the needs of most households were met by local woodlands and driftwood, elite farms had access to timber imports from Northern Europe and North America. By demonstrating the range of timber sources used by the Greenland Norse, the results illustrate connectivity across the medieval North Atlantic world.

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“…Crispa ) and juniper ( Juniperus communis ). These taxa form open woodlands or are found in isolated patches (Böcher et al 1968; Fredskild 1973; Ledger et al 2014, 2016).…”

Section: Wood Resources In Norse Greenlandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Timber imports to Norse Greenland: lifeline or luxury?

Guðmundsdóttir¹

2023

Antiquity

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“…The shrubs Alnus crispa and Betula nana are common components of plant communities in adjacent (continental) mainland areas (Fredskild, 1996) and occur widely across sub-and low arctic environments, this being the case both now and in the past (e.g. Fredskild, 1991;Ledger et al 2016). Occasional grains from the trees Picea (spruce) and Pinus (pine) are almost certainly derived from North America.…”

Section: Vegetation Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

Thule Inuit environmental impacts on Kangeq, southwest Greenland

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Vickers³

et al. 2020

Quaternary International

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Palaeoecological investigations of a rapidly eroding coastal midden and an adjacent peat bog on the island of Kangeq in southwest Greenland have provided new information on environmental change and human impact associated with Thule Inuit occupation. Palynological and palaeoentomological datasets have been produced through the 14 th to the 17 th centuries AD. The pollen and sedimentary data provide evidence for peat formation, increased frequency of the northern annual herb Koenigia islandica (Iceland purslane) from the end of the 15 th century AD, and a decline in shrub pollen over the same period. These changes are interpreted as local responses to Little Ice Age cooling. No clear signal for human impact on the vegetation was revealed in the pollen record, and there was little macroscopic charcoal recovered from either of the sedimentary contexts that were examined; microscopic charcoal evident in the peat column is probably evidence for domestic fires. The insect remains suggest periodic patterns of disposal on the midden and provide information on natural environments in the vicinity. Fossil fly puparia (Diptera) are associated with decaying animal materials and perhaps indicate waste produced from the skinning of marine mammals and birds as opposed to butchering. The faunas contrast with results from the Saqqaq site of Qeqertasussuk and several Norse farms.

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