Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland

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The Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland was the larger and longer-lasting of the two main medieval Norse colonies on Greenland, centered in the island’s south and serving as its primary hub of farming, trade, and church life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse settlement ⓘ
archaeological site complex ⓘ
medieval colony ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence artifacts of Norse material culture ⓘ
church ruins ⓘ
middens with animal bones ⓘ
ruins of farmsteads ⓘ
capital Brattahlid ⓘ
characteristic larger and longer-lasting than the Western Settlement ⓘ
climate subarctic ⓘ
comparedTo Norse Western Settlement in Greenland ⓘ
contains Brattahlid ⓘ
Gardar ⓘ
Hvalsey ⓘ
church sites ⓘ
infield and outfield farming areas ⓘ
multiple farmsteads ⓘ
pasture lands ⓘ
coordinateRegion Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap ⓘ
country Kingdom of Norway (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Norway
dissolved 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
economicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
hay production ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
seal hunting ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
trade in hides and furs ⓘ
trade in walrus ivory ⓘ
trade with Iceland ⓘ
trade with Norway ⓘ
walrus hunting ⓘ
foundedBy Erik the Red ⓘ
Norse settlers from Iceland ⓘ
hasChurch Gardar Cathedral ⓘ
Hvalsey Church ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
historicalName Eystribyggð ⓘ
linked to: Brattahlíð
inception c. 985 ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
language Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
locatedIn Greenland ⓘ
southern Greenland ⓘ
partOf Norse Greenland ⓘ
Norse colonies in the North Atlantic ⓘ
population larger than the Western Settlement ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role primary hub of church life in Norse Greenland ⓘ
primary hub of farming in Norse Greenland ⓘ
primary hub of trade in Norse Greenland ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Kujataa World Heritage Site ⓘ

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

Hvalsey → partOf → Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland ⓘ
Gardar → historicalRegion → Norse Eastern Settlement ⓘ
linked to: Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland
Thjodhild’s church → historicalRegion → Norse Eastern Settlement ⓘ
linked to: Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland
Hvalsey Church → partOf → Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland ⓘ
Tunulliarfik Fjord → historicallyKnownFor → Norse Eastern Settlement area ⓘ
linked to: Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland
Hvalseyfjorden → associatedWith → Norse settlement of Hvalsey ⓘ
linked to: Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland
Gardar ruins → partOf → Norse Eastern Settlement ⓘ
linked to: Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland
Tunulliarfik Fjord farms → partOf → Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland ⓘ
Vatnahverfi district → locatedIn → Norse Eastern Settlement ⓘ
linked to: Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland
Igaliku (Narsaq) → locatedInRegion → Norse Eastern Settlement area ⓘ
linked to: Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland