Abstract

In 1996, 1997 and 1998 the Danish National Museum conducted fieldwork in the Thule District, Greenland. One of the major goals of the research was to highlight the centuries around 1000 AD, focusing on 'the Gateway to Greenland'. Excavations on three different Late/Terminal Dorset sites in Hatherton Bay, Inglefield Land leads us to believe that contact among Dorset and Thule groups, and Dorset and the Norsemen took place in the area. Furthermore a total excavation of a so-called 'longhouse' from the Dorset culture has led to a re-evaluation of the function of the structure.