Smeerenburg seminar
Subtitle: report from a symposium presenting results from research into seventeenth century whaling in Spitsbergen
Series: Rapportserie / Norsk polarinstitutt -- Nr. 38; Rapport (Norsk polarinstitutt) -- nr. 38
Publisher: Norsk polarinstitutt
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Oslo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Whaling; History
Notes: Papers presented at a seminar held in Oslo, Norway, in April 1986.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The historical writing about Smeerenburg / Thor B. Arlov; title: A historical-archaeological investigation of a seventeenth-century whaling settlement on the west coast of Spitsbergen in 79⁰ north latitude / Louwrens Hacquebord; title: Osteology of human remains from Amsterdamøya and Ytre Norskøya / George J.R. Maat; title: Zooarchaeological research at Smeerenburg / Louise H. van Wijngaarden-Bakker; title: Paleoethnobotany in the Arctis / Jan Peter Pals; title: Workman's clothing or burial garments? / S.Y. Vons-Comis; title: Textiles from Danskøya / Ingrid Lütken.