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1 October 2009 Continuity and Change: The Dwellings of the Greenland Norse
Mogens Skaaning Høegsberg
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Abstract

In his 1941 thesis, Aage Roussell established a typology for the dwellings of the Greenland Norse. While some of his conclusions have since been dismissed, Roussell's typology itself has not been subject to a fundamental review, although there are problems with it. This paper reviews Roussell's typology for the dwellings of the Greenland Norse and suggests a revised typology and terminology. It argues that the medieval architecture of the Greenlanders may have been more inspired by contemporary Scandinavian architecture than Roussell imagined, and that the so-called passage house is very sparsely represented in Greenland.

Mogens Skaaning Høegsberg "Continuity and Change: The Dwellings of the Greenland Norse," Journal of the North Atlantic 2(sp2), 82-101, (1 October 2009). https://doi.org/10.3721/037.002.s210
Published: 1 October 2009
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