PinGGG!...................
And then there are the weird "Minnesota Runes". That's probably a hoax.
This is interesting. But I thought this was widely accepted decades ago.
I love it when the Norse wentViking. I am just glad they stopped doing it.
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These early Indigenous North Americans were ultimately ( killed off ) replaced by the Thule Inuit, who arrived from the continent’s West coast sometime in the 13th century.
This entire article is full of these phrases:
“Potential Interactions”
“likely interacted”
“may have ventured”
“potentially encountered”
Reminds me of the vocabulary and phraseology of present day weather reports:
Perhaps, maybe, chance of
If I used any of this language in conversation or reports, my boss’s reaction would be something to the effect of “maybe you’ll get a paycheck”
These academics seem to be afraid of saying Before Christ.
I could see the Norse trading steel knives, wool cloth, etc to the natives in exchange for tusks and furs.
My big question comes from all we’ve heard about 16th century Europeans bringing smallpox and measles, and wiping out native populations through disease, why didn’t it happen with the Norse interactions? Were the Thule tribes too spread out and isolated for plagues to easily spread?
I could see the Norse trading steel knives, wool cloth, etc to the natives in exchange for tusks and furs.
My big question comes from all we’ve heard about 16th century Europeans bringing smallpox and measles, and wiping out native populations through disease, why didn’t it happen with the Norse interactions? Were the Thule tribes too spread out and isolated for plagues to easily spread?
I could see the Norse trading steel knives, wool cloth, etc to the natives in exchange for tusks and furs.
My big question comes from all we’ve heard about 16th century Europeans bringing smallpox and measles, and wiping out native populations through disease, why didn’t it happen with the Norse interactions? Were the Thule tribes too spread out and isolated for plagues to easily spread?
weren’t the norsemen killed indiscriminately by the indigenous peoples?
sounds like coming back and kicking their asses was justified.
“Shocking New Evidence”
Uh - I wrote a grade school report on this back in the late 40’s - rejecting what was being taught about Columbus discovering America.
Just sayin’.
A new genetic analysis of ivory artifacts from across Europe suggests but not sure?.
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not shocking
and so far as science knows, those “indigenous Americans” weren’t indigenous
they invaded and colonized just like the Vikings, Spain, England, France, etcetera were to do
I was doing some genealogical work and traced myself back to a Norse King.
That’s not shocking.
Electric Eel Mermaids. Those are shocking!!
Shockingly beautiful!!
Shockingly embraces!!
It has been talked about before, it seems that this meeting between those two peoples did not leave any aftereffect.
Yep, Leif Erickson (son of Erik the red) was here first and thought this was widely known.
I learned this back in Alabama in the fourth grade 1963 - 1964.