Summer at Cape Grinnell: The Inglefield Land Archeology Project

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On a visit to the site in 2004 we determined that people had lived at Cape Grinnell on and off for about 4000 years. Now we are focusing on the nineteenth century part of the occupation, to help us understand how local Inughuit adapted to the increasing presence of Euro-American whalers and explorers in their midst. We will excavate two winter houses from this period to recover animal bones and artifacts that will help us develop a clearer picture of peoples’ lives at this time. We will also be studying some of the older parts of the site to find out just how old they are and to learn more about how the raised beaches on which the site is located were formed.

Map showing Cape Grinell

For the first time, people will be able to follow along as we work while in the field, thanks to this audio blog. Eli Bossin, (Bowdoin class of 2009), assisted by other members of the crew, will make regular posts, using a satellite phone to call Brunswick, Maine. He will leave a digital voice mail message, which classmate Hillary Hooke ’09 will add to The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum web page. Posts will be brief as even satellite communications in this area are not always reliable, but we hope listeners will get a sense of the excitement of archeological fieldwork and of life in a field camp in a remote region of Greenland.

Crew members you may hear from include (in alphabetical order):

  • Eli Bossin (Bowdoin undergraduate)
  • Christyann Darwent (Co-Principal investigator, UC Davis)
  • John Darwent (UC Davis)
  • Frédéric Dussalt (U Laval)
  • Joanne Goodsell (UC Davis graduate student)
  • Trine Johansen (UC Davis graduate student)
  • Hans Lange (Greenland National Museum and Archives) 
  • Genevieve LeMoine (Co-Principal investigator, Bowdoin)
  • Owen Mason (Geomorphologist, Anchorage)
  • Marthe Simigaq (Qaanaaq)
  • Qulutannguaq Simigaq (Qaanaaq)
  • Navarana Sørensen (Qaanaaq)
  • Morgan Wampler (UC Davis)