Thule Houses

The occupants of these houses had been the Thule Inuit. The excavation of two ruins revealed semi-subterranean houses, with sunken entrance passages facing the river.

There were floors of closely-spaced stone slabs, and sleeping benches at the rear of the structure.

The walls had been made of stones, a few whale bones, and sod. The roofs were of flat stones, and whale ribs and shoulder blades. These had since collapsed into the interior of the building.

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