SS Great Britain | Details | The Qeqertasussuk Knots

Sidebar content	Main content
Actions Displays	The Qeqertasussuk Knots Remove from selection Add to selection TitleThe Qeqertasussuk Knots Author Pieter van de Griend PublisherAarhus Universitet Year of publication1994 Dimensions42 x black and white printed paper Materialresource Subjectknots and splices, ropes, Archaeology, Inuit IGKT Resources box, item 19 'In this paper we present the results of the topological analysis to which the knots excavated at Qeqertasussuk have been subjected. Globally these knots are among the first occurrences of relatively well-known knotted structures. On an Eastern Arctic scale they are the oldest known proper knots. It has been found that they represent quite an impressive repertoire. They yielded some insight in vanished baleen processing techniques and added new knowledge to cordage technological history'. Black and white drawings and diagrams. 42 stapled pages.

TitleThe Qeqertasussuk Knots

Author

Year of publication1994

Dimensions42 x black and white printed paper

IGKT Resources box, item 19

'In this paper we present the results of the topological analysis to which the knots excavated at Qeqertasussuk have been subjected. Globally these knots are among the first occurrences of relatively well-known knotted structures. On an Eastern Arctic scale they are the oldest known proper knots. It has been found that they represent quite an impressive repertoire. They yielded some insight in vanished baleen processing techniques and added new knowledge to cordage technological history'. Black and white drawings and diagrams. 42 stapled pages.