Thule Migration to Greenland and North America (c. 1000–1500 CE)

1. Thule culture emerges in northern Alaska

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Thule tradition, Northern Alaska

   • Britannica

2. Rapid eastward Thule migration begins

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Thule migration, Western Arctic

   • Oxford
   • Britannica

3. Thule enter the eastern Canadian Arctic

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Eastern Canadian, Thule toolkit

   • Oxford
   • Britannica

4. Thule reach Greenland by the 12th century

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Greenland arrival, Thule migration

   • Britannica
   • NKA

5. Thule arrive in northern Greenland (c. 1200)

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Greenland National, Northern Greenland

   • NKA
   • Britannica

6. Thule–Late Dorset overlap and replacement period

   Jan 1, 1250Labels: Late Dorset, Smith Sound

   • WHE
   • GreenlandHist

7. Early Thule presence at Ruin Island (Inglefield Land)

   Jan 1, 1280Labels: Ruin Island, Inglefield Land

   • RuinIsland

8. Thule reach East Greenland (Scoresby Sound)

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Scoresby Sound, East Greenland

   • WHE
   • NKA

9. Thule become Greenland’s dominant population (c. 1300)

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Greenland population, Thule dominance

   • NorseSettle
   • Britannica

10. Thule reach Norse Western Settlement region (mid-1300s)

    Jan 1, 1350Labels: Western Settlement, Norse Thule

    • WHE
    • NorseSettle

11. Last written Norse record in Greenland (Hvalsey, 1408)

    Sep 1, 1408Labels: Hvalsey, Norse Greenland

    • Hvalsey

12. Qilakitsoq Inuit mummies date to late 15th century

    Jan 1, 1475Labels: Qilakitsoq, Inuit mummies

    • Meddelelser
    • PubMed