Hunting, Fishing and Animal Husbandry at the Farm Beneath the Sand, Western Greenland: An Archaeozoological Analysis of a Norse Farm in the Western Settlement.(Book Review)

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HUNTING, FISHING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AT THE FARM BENEATH THE SAND, WESTERN GREENLAND: AN ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A NORSE FARM IN THE WESTERN SETTLEMENT. By INGE BODKER ENGHOFF. Copenhagen: Danish Polar Center, 2003. ISBN 87-90369-59-9. Meddelelser om Gronland. Man and Society 28. Published in cooperation with the Greenland Research Centre at the National Museum of Denmark (SILA) and the Greenland National Museum and Archives. 104 p., map, 50 b & w illus., bib. Softbound. DKK260,00 + s & h (US$41.40).

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