Oceania and the Circumpolar Arctic · Migration

Saqqaq and Dorset use of West Greenland

c. 2500 BCE-1 CE in Aasivissuit-Nipisat: Saqqaq c. 2500-700 BCE and Greenlandic Dorset c. 800 BCE-1 CE · Aasivissuit-Nipisat, Kalaallit Nunaat

Archaeological sites across Aasivissuit-Nipisat's sea-to-ice transect preserve Saqqaq and Greenlandic Dorset settlement, seasonal travel and hunting long before ancestral Inuit arrival in the region.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Paleo-Inuit movement through West Greenland, c. 2500 BCE-1 CE, including Saqqaq and Dorset phases. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event.

How the setting appeared

Coasts, fjords, inland lakes, caribou routes and the ice-cap margin linked seasonal camps rather than one permanent settlement pattern.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-AASIVISSUITCIT-OA-GREENLAND-PALEO-CULTURES Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Communities moved between marine and inland resources as weather, ice and animal availability changed.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-AASIVISSUITCIT-OA-GREENLAND-PALEO-CULTURES Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Small stone blades, bone and antler tools, skin clothing, lamps, boats and hunting knowledge enabled life across demanding seasonal environments.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-AASIVISSUITCIT-OA-GREENLAND-PALEO-CULTURES Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Burials and objects provide limited evidence; named Inuit traditions should not be projected unchanged onto every Paleo-Inuit phase.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-AASIVISSUITCIT-OA-GREENLAND-PALEO-CULTURES Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: First cities and Bronze Age
Region: Arctic · Aasivissuit-Nipisat, Kalaallit Nunaat
Languages and scripts: Paleo-Inuit languages not directly recoverable
Important people: Paleo-Inuit communities known archaeologically
Events and changes: Saqqaq occupation c. 2500-700 BCE; Greenlandic Dorset occupation c. 800 BCE-1 CE; Repeated seasonal movement between coast and interior
Evidence confidence: High for the property-specific archaeological sequence and seasonal landscape; Saqqaq and Dorset are archaeological labels, while language, self-identification and beliefs remain uncertain.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-AASIVISSUITCIT-OA-GREENLAND-PALEO-CULTURES Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-AASIVISSUITCIT-OA-GREENLAND-PALEO-CULTURES Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

Each registered source ID is paired with its institutional URL for independent checking. Source count is transparent, and duplicate URLs count only once.

CIT-UNESCO-AASIVISSUIT

Aasivissuit-Nipisat: Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1557/

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-OA-GREENLAND-PALEO-CULTURES

Paleo cultures: Stone Age people

https://en.nka.gl/museum/exhibitions/the-first-people/

Greenland National Museum and Archives

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