Kujataa
Administration | |
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Municipality | Kujalleq |
Official name | Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap, Denmark |
Criteria | Cultural (V) |
Reference | 1536 |
Inscription | 2017 (41st Session) |
Coordinates | 61°9′52″N 45°35′53″W / 61.16444°N 45.59806°W |
Kujataa is a
Description
Kujataa stretches from
- Qassiarsuk: Contains Brattahlíð, the estate of Erik the Red and (possibly) the first church in the Americas.[3]
- Igaliku: Contains Garðar, which was the seat of the bishopric in Greenland, as well as the location of the first modern Inuit farm in Greenland.[3]
- Sissarluttoq: Contains a particularly large Norse manor house, with the remains of over 40 structures.[3]
- Tasikuluulik (Vatnahverfi): Contains Greenland's longest rural road, which connects multiple Inuit sheep farms.
- Qaqortukulooq (Hvalsey): Contains 11 Norse and 2 Thule sites, including the best preserved Norse ruin in Greenland and the site of the last recorded mention of Europeans in Greenland in 1408.[2]
History
The earliest known archeological remains from Kujataa date from the 3rd millennium BC, beginning with the
At its peak in the 13th century, Eystribyggð had its own bishop and contained 200-300 farms.[3][2] During that time, the Thule people migrated to Greenland and came into contact with the Norse settlers. This period of coexistence may have lasted for up to 250 years.[2] By the 15th century, the Norse villages in Kujataa had disappeared, and there is little sign of agriculture in Greenland for the next few centuries, until the 1780s, when an Inuit woman, Tuperna, and her Norwegian husband, Anders Olsen, began a farm at the former medieval bishop's residence at Igaliku.[3] This area has been continually farmed since then.
References
- ^ a b UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Orri Vésteinsson (January 2016). "Nomination to UNESCO's World Heritage List -- Kujataa: a subarctic farming landscape in Greenland". The Greenlandic Ministry of Education,Culture, Research and Church. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap -- (Denmark) No 1536 (Report). International Council on Monuments and Sites. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2021.