Western Settlement, Greenland

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Norse settlement former human settlement medieval archaeological site

The Western Settlement in Greenland was a smaller, more northerly Norse colony established during the Viking Age that was eventually abandoned in the late medieval period.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western Settlement of Greenland	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norse settlement ⓘ former human settlement ⓘ medieval archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	absence of later medieval artifacts ⓘ faunal remains indicating dietary change ⓘ increased reliance on marine resources ⓘ
causeOfDecline	climatic cooling during the Little Ice Age ⓘ increased sea ice ⓘ isolation from European trade ⓘ possible conflict with Inuit ⓘ resource depletion ⓘ shorter growing seasons ⓘ
climateContext	Medieval Warm Period NERFINISHED ⓘ transition to Little Ice Age ⓘ
contemporaryWith	Eastern Settlement, Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAsAbandonedBy	Ivar Bardarson NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAsAbandonedIn	14th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Icelandic Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ Norse settlers ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Sandnes farm NERFINISHED ⓘ animal pens ⓘ church at Sandnes ⓘ middens ⓘ ruins of farmsteads ⓘ
hasModernNameInDanish	Vesterbygden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasModernNameInIcelandic	Vestri Byggð NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasModernNameInNorwegian	Vesterbygda NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSource	Ivar Bardarson’s Description of Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivar Bardarson’s account ⓘ
importedGood	grain ⓘ iron ⓘ luxury goods ⓘ timber ⓘ
languageOfInhabitants	Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ southwestern Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity	caribou hunting ⓘ cattle herding ⓘ goat herding ⓘ hunting ⓘ pastoral farming ⓘ seal hunting ⓘ sheep herding ⓘ trade with Europe ⓘ
modernResearchField	Norse archaeology ⓘ climate history ⓘ environmental archaeology ⓘ
numberOfFarms	approximately 90 farms GENERATED ⓘ
partOf	Greenlandic Norse colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ Norse Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfOccupation	c. 985–c. 1350 ⓘ
politicalAffiliation	Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationEstimate	approximately 1,000 inhabitants at its peak ⓘ
relativeLocation	north of the Eastern Settlement, Greenland ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
timeOfAbandonment	14th century ⓘ late medieval period ⓘ
timeOfEstablishment	Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ late 10th century ⓘ
tradedGood	down feathers ⓘ furs ⓘ hides ⓘ rope ⓘ walrus ivory ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Settlement, Greenland → largerThan → Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ

Eastern Settlement, Greenland → longerLastingThan → Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ

Bishop of Greenland → territoryIncludes → Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Settlement of Greenland