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Dr. Asta Mønsted

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The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

Sometimes he was the same he or she.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

It could be a man or woman.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

Sometimes this person would also be the leader of the pack, so to say.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

But other times it could be another hunter leader.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

who was just respectful and he had authority, and then he would be the leader.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

So sometimes it would be two different roles, the engakop and then the leader.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

We also sometimes have figures looking like humans, but actually in the Tula culture, the Inuit culture, we don't see so many carvings and so much ornamentation as we see in the Dorset culture.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

So the Dorset culture, we see the pictures of humans and

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

It's much more, such a rich material to look into.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

So why the Inuit culture later on were too lazy to do it, I don't know.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

But the Dorsey culture have amazing source material to look into the ornamentations and what they depict and how lifelike they are.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

But we also have amazing find from, actually from my hometown,

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

It's eight mummies, and they are called the Riligitok mummies.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

And they are dated back to the mid-1400s.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

And what is amazing here is how well-preserved they are.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

So we find all their skin clothing, inner clothes and outer clothes,

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

And they got some extra clothing.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

So you have a handful of women and then two boys.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

And they have been put to rest with the skin clothing.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Greenland

But on some of the women, at least one of the women, she has facial tattoos.