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Rock ArtSite Name: Qajartalik Petroglyphs Alternative Name: Wakeham Island PetroglyphsCountry: Canada
NOTE: This site is 557.085 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Village: Kangiqsujuaq
Latitude: 61.597200N Longitude: 71.9583W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in Nuqivik.
The petrogylphs found on this island are associated with the people of the Dorset culture who lived in eastern arctic regions around 800 AD. The carved figures are of faces that appear to be scowling or laughing, depending on your view point.
The Dorset culture disappeared from the area around 1200AD, replaced by the Thule people. The carved figures are of faces that appear to be scowling or laughing, depending on your view point. Qajartalik (formerly Wakeham) Island is an hour boat trip from the village of Kangiqsujuaq. The village itself is inaccessible by land, but has a small air field. (The location given is for the mainland village.)
The site had been suggested for nomination as a Unesco World Heritage site. The nominating process had not been completed because the area is under a sovereignty dispute.
The news item below describes the damage to the site and the suggestion that it was due to a conservative Christian segment of the Kangiqsujuaq population. However, other articles make it clear that the island has experienced vandalism before, and despite its remote location it is frequently visited by cruise ships with no effective supervision of visitors. The perpetrators of most recent vandalism remain unknown.
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