guy Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) A piece of wood from the Norse deposit at L'Anse aux Meadows M. Kuitems Quote Three rough pieces of wood—discarded sections of branches and tree stumps found among the refuse Vikings left behind after their short sojourn in Newfoundland—have turned out to be some of the more important evidence of the Norse in North America. Precise dating of the wood was possible thanks to an intriguing new method that examined growth rings for a once-in-a-millennium cosmic-ray event that showered Earth with high energy particles in 993 C.E. Finding that telltale spike in the tree rings allowed scientists to count additional rings outside that mark to pinpoint the exact year the Vikings cut fir and juniper trees here. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-dating-method-shows-vikings-occupied-newfoundland-in-1021-ce-180978903/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03972-8 This must have been a fascinating original encounter: Edited October 20, 2021 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted October 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) Pictures of the wood items from L'Anse aux Meadows that were studied Quote ”In all three pieces of wood examined, from three different trees, 29 growth rings were formed after the one that bore evidence of the solar storm, meaning the wood was cut in 1021, said University of Groningen archaeologist Margot Kuitems, the study’s first author. It was not local indigenous people who cut the wood because there is evidence of metal blades, which they did not possess, Dee said.“ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-vikings-occupied-settlement-in-what-is-now-newfoundland-1000-years-ago/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vikings-landed-north-america-470-years-before-christopher-columbus-research/ Edited February 2 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted November 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) Great video explaining use of carbon dating and solar flare events in deterring the exact year of the Viking landing (1021 AD) in Newfoundland: https://aeon.co/videos/a-viking-axe-struck-a-newfoundland-tree-in-the-year-1021-heres-how-scientists-proved-it Edited November 9, 2021 by guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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