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- proper noun plurale tantum The
Paleo-Eskimo people whoinhabited west-central Greenlandcirca 2500–800BC and who formed the Saqqaq culture.
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Greenland has been inhabited for 4,500 years, settlers migrating from Asia via the Bering Straits and northwest Greenland in three main waves, known as the Saqqaq, Dorset and from 1000 BP, the Thule peoples.
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The Saqqaq were the earliest culture known to have settled in Greenland.
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The Greenlander belonged to a Paleo-Eskimo culture called the Saqqaq by archaeologists.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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The Saqqaq were the earliest culture known to have settled in Greenland.
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The Greenlander belonged to a Paleo-Eskimo culture called the Saqqaq by archaeologists.
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The Saqqaq were the earliest culture known to have settled in Greenland.
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The Greenlander belonged to a Paleo-Eskimo culture called the Saqqaq by archaeologists.
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The hairs-found tangled around a whale bone comb-are the only known human remains from the earliest people to settle in Greenland, known as the Saqqaq culture.
Mr. Barlow's Blog Mr. Barlow 2010
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The Greenlander belonged to a Paleo-Eskimo culture called the Saqqaq by archaeologists.
NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS WADE 2010
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The Greenlander belonged to a Paleo-Eskimo culture called the Saqqaq by archaeologists.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Razib Khan none@example.com 2010
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