Posted on 10/15/2023 2:56:46 AM PDT by dennisw
Wood from three different trees cut by Vikings found at L'Anse aux Meadows been precisely dated to 1021 CE - 1,000 years ago this year.
The Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, located at the tip of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula, was discovered in the 1960s, but has never been precisely dated. Previous estimates about when the Viking crossed the Atlantic and made their way to present day Newfoundland and Labrador have been based on Norse sagas and radiocarbon dating that typically has an error margin of about 50 years. The best estimates put their arrival at around 990 at the earliest, and about 1050 at the latest.
Activity from the sun provided the clue to Viking presence
helps pinpoint an actual date that Vikings were active at L'anse Aux Meadows. A massive global solar storm was known to have occurred in 992. The storm of particles from the sun created a spike in radiocarbon that was absorbed by growing around the world trees over the following year.
This fact became very important when excavations of what is referred to as the Viking layer at L'anse Aux Meadows turned up three different samples of wood from three different trees. One was a stump, one was a log, and the third was a branch.
These artifacts were significant finds for two reasons. One is that they showed cut marks made by metal blades, specific to Vikings, not Indigenous stone blades. The second reason is that all three artifacts still had the outermost layer of the tree intact. All exhibited 29 growth rings from that outer layer back to the previously known solar storm ring. That enabled the archaeologists to assign the year 1021 to all three artifacts, the earliest possible year Vikings were actively cutting those trees at L'Anse aux Meadows.
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Using Greenland as a base, it wouldn’t have been too difficult for them to navigate themselves to Newfoundland.
Is there nothing Vikings could not do???
And I remind you that these white boys (and gals) were not any kind of that gay, trans and “indigenous” jive we are plagued by today.
VIKINGS SCORE AGAIN! Just like in the many recent Vikings movies and TV series we have of them today. My favorite was on the History Channel -— 6 seasons of it.
The punk-ass barbarians of today would be decimated by the Vikings of yore! Hamas would lose any battle with them. Israel needs to teleport a few thousand of them into Tel-Aviv and work it from there. Give them some modern swords, clubs, knives and maces. Horses too!
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After the Romans left England, the Vikings developed a thriving community in what today is York England. About 700 AD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE I prefer these vikings.
The timing of this somewhat reinforces the controversial “Kensington Runestone” found in west central Minnesota. It’s a stone with ancient ‘runes’, Viking lettering, with some of the runes dated centuries before the stone was found in the 1800s. It was found entwined in the roots of an old apple tree by local Norwegians. Some believe it is legitimate, others that it is a fake.
It’s a long way from Newfoundland to Minnesota. London is closer. Nevertheless, it’s at least a land route. Going around the St. Laurence Seaway and the Great Lakes, places you first in Minnesota before you hit anything warmer. Others, though, wonder why runes in North America have only been found by Norwegians.
Using Greenland’s grapes, the Vikings could have introduced “firewater” earlier and flourished; instead, the Vikings abandoned their settlements under Indigenous’ pressure.
This is not news
I learnt this in elementry school...
And those helmets....Cowabunga!
The real thing.
Don't be so sure...LOL. Is nothing sacred?
"For gay Vikings front office employee, team’s LGBTQ Pride booth made her cry tears of joy"
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And no doubt, all the good ones were sexually confoozed. Monty Python could have done those scenes.
No doubt Kirk Cousins was with them
Everybody was historical gay throughout past millenniums... That’s why we only have 8 billion people on earth.
Here is all 6 seasons of Vikings. Free if you have Amazon Prime.
https://www.amazon.com/Vikings-Season-1/dp/B00BLCHYKU My favorite was King Harald by Peter Franzén
Peter Franzén - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Franzén
Peter Vilhelm Franzén (born 14 August 1971) is a Finnish actor, author, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his role as King Harald Finehair in Vikings (2016–2020).… See more
It gets 5 stars and 4000+ reviews. Ragnar Lodbrok stars in it. >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_Lodbrok
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