[rdl6989]

Ping.

[rktman]

Hmmmm. Any indication of Christian slaves present? I’d love to sue Sweden/Norway/Finland for some reparations. :-)

[Izzy Dunne]

on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.

Since when is Newfoundland an island ?

[Hieronymus]

However many finds they make, in the end the combination of distance, the insufficiency of Iceland and Greenland as staging grounds, and the limited attractiveness of the North-Eastern parts of Canada to Scandanavians (the Normans for some reason tended to conquer areas that were warmer and more fertile than the places they came from) resulted in no enduring presence.

Several centuries of English rule probably entirely obliterated, and certainly effectively erased, the native population, and with it, much hope of finding living genetic or cultural residue.

[norwaypinesavage]

"discovered on Newfoundland, hundreds of miles from the only noted Viking location to date."

Actually, it was found thousands of miles from the Kensington Runestone site in Minnesota ;^).

[Bringbackthedraft]

I have a feeling that we will eventually find that the Norse had gone further inland than we think. The St Lawrence would have been a good place to start. How far did they go? Who knows? Did they inter marry with the natives as they went westward? Those native long houses and stockades seem awful familiar.

[centurion316]

This article cries out for a map. Fortunately, one is easily obtained. Point Rosee is at the Southwest end of Newfoundland while L’Anse aux Meadows is found at the Northwest end. This suggests that the Vikings were unlikely to have stopped at Newfoundland.

[Leep]

Itsanice place to visit..

[piasa]

OR MAYBE NOT:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/codroy-valley-vikings-report-1.4684066

[dangus]

I thought it had been pretty well established that the Vikings had penetrated as deeply into North America as the prairie provinces and Minnesota.

[LTC.Ret]

So maybe I’m art VIKING!?! That would explain a lot!!!

[COBOL2Java]

Sadly, archaeology-world.com is blocked by my firewall.

Unable to read...

[Travis McGee]

The Vikings were pretty amazing, in this case, being able to create iron tools anywhere they found themselves.

Imagine if the Vikings of America had had the luck that Cortez had in Mexico. If the Vikings had landed in a place with a milder climate and more hospitable natives, iron making, the wheel, and the horse could have been introduced to America centuries before Columbus.

This alternative history would be fertile territory for a novelist.

[JimRed]

Little evidence would remain and even less be visible by now. But it is reasonable to suspect that they roamed far and wide. Exploring was in their nature.

[Verginius Rufus]

It was reported a few months ago, I think it was, that a second site had been found on the west coast of Newfoundland. I haven't read the article to see if this is the same site or a third site.

I recall reading that a Norwegian coin (12th or 13th century) had been found at an archaeological site in Maine, indicating possible later contacts--although the Norse didn't necessarily get that far (one Indian tribe could have traded with another).

[vpintheak]

There’s a link in the comments that shows this was a bust. The scientists used this as a chance to drum up research money.

[Theoria]

[Deplorable American1776]

I still think the Newport Rhode Island Tower was built by Vikings...East Coast Native Americans has different DNA than West Coast Native Americans...

[commish]

Have the Oak Island guys been notified? Vikings are about the only people they have not had conjecture about.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks so much for posting this!
PING to a Friend!