The Saqqaq culture was a Paleo-Eskimo culture in southern Greenland. It was named after the settlement of Saqqaq, the site of many archaeological finds. The Saqqaq were the longest-residing residents of Greenland in all of history.
Timeframe
The earliest known archaeological culture in southern Greenland, the Saqqaq existed from around 2500 BCE until about 800 BCE. This culture coexisted with the Independence I culture of northern Greenland, which developed around 2400 BCE and lasted until about 1300 BCE. He had brown eyes, black hair, and shovel-shaped incisors. It has been determined that he lived about 4000 years ago and was related to indigenous populations in northeastern Siberia. The Saqqaq are not the ancestors of contemporary Kalaallit; their closest relatives are the modern Chukchis and Koryaks.
The Saqqaq people lived in small tents and hunted seals, seabirds, and other marine animals.