Vatnahverfi was a district in the Norse Greenlanders’ Eastern Settlement (Eystribyggð) and is generally regarded by archaeologists and historians as having...
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including Brattahlíð, Dyrnæs, Garðar, Hvalsey and Herjolfsnes. The Vatnahverfi district to the southeast of Einarsfjord had some of the best pastoral...
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Asgeirsdottir, a quiet, solitary, melancholic woman on their homestead in the Vatnahverfi district. Though the novel also follows the lives of many other Greenlanders...
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Garðar Harvesting the hay in Vatnahverfi, Garðar Location of the site in Greenland Location Kujalleq, Greenland Coordinates 60°59′13.56″N 45°25′22.44″W...
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have struggled with soil erosion and deforestation. A Norse farm in the Vatnahverfi district, excavated in the 1950s, had been buried in layers of drifting...
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Settlement. From 1940, Leif Verbaek carried out extensive excavations at Vatnahverfi in the Eastern Settlement. As part of the Nordic Archaeological Expedition...
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Paa area was the southern point of a district known to the Norse as Vatnahverfi during the 10th–15th centuries. There are seven known sites from the...
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island, see List of islands in Isle Royale National Park Caribo Island, Vatnahverfi, Greenland; an island All pages with titles beginning with Caribou Island...
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about 1000 AD was found in Greenland. A stone version was also found at Vatnahverfi, Greenland. By looking at the place where the shadow from the rod falls...
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Norse manor house, with the remains of over 40 structures. Tasikuluulik (Vatnahverfi): Contains Greenland's longest rural road, which connects multiple Inuit...
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