Saqqaq
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English
Etymology
From the Greenlandic Saqqaq, a settlement in the Avannaata municipality of western Greenland, near which archaeological excavations discovered remains of the eponymous Saqqaq culture.
Pronunciation
Noun
Saqqaq pl (plural only)
- The Paleo-Eskimo people who inhabited west-central Greenland circa 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.
- 2010, February 10th: Brian Handwerk, “Face of Ancient Human Drawn From Hair’s DNA: Genome paints picture of man from extinct Greenland culture”, for National Geographic News
- The Saqqaq have long presented a puzzle to scientists, according to study co-author Eske Willerslev, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
- 2010, February 10th: Brian Handwerk, “Face of Ancient Human Drawn From Hair’s DNA: Genome paints picture of man from extinct Greenland culture”, for National Geographic News
See also
Saqqaq culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Greenlandic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From saqqaq ("the sunny side").
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Saqqaq
- a settlement founded in 1755 in the Qaasuitsup municipality of western Greenland
Synonyms
- Solsiden (Danish name)