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Thule and Inussuk The advance guard of the people of the Thule Culture arrived around 900 A.D. and during the next 1,000 years occupied Greenland, both in the West and the East. The people of the Thule Culture are the forefathers of contemporary Greenlanders. The Thule culture's superiority was based upon hunting sea mammals from kayak and the "umlag". Their most important prey was the 40 to 60 ton Greenland whale. This style of hunting depended on the development of larger settlements. The establishment of permanent settlements then led to a social structure which developed leaders who arose based on their innate abilities. Eventually the population spread throughout the country. The Thule culture declined and is found today in its original form |
 Joyful children in Greenland. Photo: Erling Ó. Aðalsteinsson. only in the Thule district. To accommodate changing conditions, new techniques for hunting seals and small whales from kayaks were developed, which led to a changed social structure. This new culture is designated as the Inussuk Culture. The return migration across the North dominated the Inussuk Culture. These people travelled across North Greenland and along the eastern coast. Hunters from the Thule Culture continued as an independent people until 1500 A.D. |
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