Special Features / Articles speciaux: How entomology can help us interpret archaeological sites: Archaeoentomology in Greenland

摘要

Archaeology explores past human settlement patterns and living conditions primarily through the excavation of structures and the subsequent analysis of artefacts. Since the 1970s, new specialisations that study past climates and environments play increasingly important roles. Archaeoentomology, or the analysis of preserved insects and arachnids from sediment samples collected from archaeological sites, is one of these new specialisations. Information obtained through these studies can provide surprisingly detailed information about the local climate, environment and living conditions of the past.