Western Settlement
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Western Settlement was one of the two principal Norse colonies in medieval Greenland, located in the island’s more inland and western fjords.
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse settlement
→
former human settlement → medieval colony → |
| approximateEndTime |
14th century
→
early 15th century → |
| approximateStartTime |
around year 985
→
late 10th century → |
| archaeologicalSite |
ruins of farms and churches
→
|
| climateContext |
Little Ice Age onset
→
|
| coordinateWith |
Eastern Settlement
→
|
| country |
Greenland
→
|
| culture |
Norse
→
|
| declineCause |
climate cooling
→
economic difficulties → isolation → possible conflict with Inuit → |
| disappearedBy |
around 1350
→
|
| economyBasedOn |
caribou hunting
→
cattle herding → goat herding → hunting → pastoral farming → seal hunting → sheep herding → trade with Europe → |
| ethnicGroup |
Norse Greenlanders
→
|
| foundedBy |
Norse settlers from Iceland
→
Norse settlers from Norway → |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf |
European artifacts
→
Norse buildings → animal bones → |
| historicalSource |
Icelandic sagas
→
medieval documents from Iceland → medieval documents from Norway → |
| language |
Old Norse
→
|
| locatedIn |
Greenland
→
Norse Greenland → more inland fjords of Greenland → western fjords of Greenland → |
| locatedOn |
North Atlantic Ocean
→
|
| oneOf |
two principal Norse colonies in medieval Greenland
→
|
| partOf |
Norse Greenland settlements
→
Norse colonies in Greenland → |
| receivedImport |
grain
→
iron → luxury goods → timber → |
| religion |
Christianity
→
Roman Catholic Church → |
| timePeriod |
Middle Ages
→
|
| tradedExport |
furs
→
hides → rope and walrus hide products → walrus ivory → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Greenlandic Norse
→
|
mainSettlement |
|
Eastern Settlement
→
|
neighboringSettlement |