Melvadius Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 The National Geographic is carrying this story of the discovery of what seems to be fairly convincing evidence for the second known Viking site found in the America's after the onward leap from Greenland. For the past 50 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 ...pretty exiting news, however i wonder how small their impact really must have been, otherwise there should have been much more stories from the natives in their oral history, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 That would depend on how much interaction with natives taking place. I don't know anything about the local population of natives there, but where there any in the area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 As the 2nd link I posted indicates the Dorset native Indians seem to have abandoned that part of Baffin island before the arrival of the Norse. However later evidence of a Norse coin dating to 1065-80 found in a native settlement on the coast of Maine along with Dorset tribal artefacts indicate some contact must have continued for at least half a century after the discovery of Vinland recorded in the Saga. Of course personally I think it was all a set up as recorded in a wealth of detail by Harry Harrison back in 1967 in his 'biographical' work on the 'actual' reasons for the discovery of Vinland The Technicolor Time Machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Real cool news! I was almost sure that they would never find another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 It seems that Erik the Red is vindicated afterall. I wonder how far inland the Vikings got in America ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Can I recomend a read for anyone interested? The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison. It's not a refernce work, but a 1967 slightly comic, science fiction story. I loved it. It didn't take itself too seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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