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Newfoundland Viking Site Remarkable
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| Jeff Lukovich
Posted on 05/24/2008 8:41:39 AM PDT by blam
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posted on
05/24/2008 8:41:41 AM PDT
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/24/2008 8:42:06 AM PDT
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blam
To: blam
Wasn’t there some evidence that the Vikings made it down to Maine and Mass.?
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posted on
05/24/2008 8:45:00 AM PDT
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VeniVidiVici
(Ted Kennedy is the finest collection of hops and barley money can buy)
To: VeniVidiVici
They did find some nuts at L’Anse Meadows that originated on the N.A. mainland.
It is interesting to note that the planet was much warmer during this period, which was followed by the little ice age which drove out the Vikings.
It also looks like the sea was about a meter higher when they settle in Newfoundland. That rise of the land..or sea going down, could have been casued by the land rebounding after the glacier age.
Great place to visit..
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posted on
05/24/2008 8:49:42 AM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: Oldexpat
It is interesting to note that the planet was much warmer during this period... Those Viking maritime SUVs, no doubt.
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posted on
05/24/2008 9:04:40 AM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: blam
Wasn’t there an Indian tribe on Nantucket with blue eyes and “gray” hair?
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posted on
05/24/2008 9:35:28 AM PDT
by
marsh2
To: blam
If the Vikings had had the luck of Cortez.......
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posted on
05/24/2008 10:20:38 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: marsh2
The tribe that included the Nantucket area was the Wampanoag tribe. They were hit heavily by the epidemic in 1617 and their numbers dwindled. King Philip was the leader of this tribe that led them into open conflict with the white settlers and virtually eliminated all of the tribe. It’s highly unlikely that this tribe that had previously honored treaties with the settlers would have had unrecorded physiological differences between themselves and their surrounding tribes.
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posted on
05/24/2008 10:24:11 AM PDT
by
Renderofveils
(My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
To: marsh2; Renderofveils
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posted on
05/24/2008 10:40:30 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
05/24/2008 10:48:03 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
05/24/2008 10:55:24 AM PDT
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blam
To: blam
It’s interesting how European settlement in North America failed unless there was at least annual re-supply from the motherland.
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posted on
05/24/2008 10:59:31 AM PDT
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Rebelbase
(McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
To: blam
To: VeniVidiVici
"Wasnt there some evidence that the Vikings made it down to Maine and Mass.?" Actually, there's the Kensington Rune stone from around Northfield Minnesota. Isn't amazing how the Norwegians settled Minnesota twice, a thousand years apart, and left no evidence of their first travels anywhere else? Couldn't be a fake.
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05/24/2008 11:28:17 AM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
To: blam
I met a couple this morning from MA who are on their way to the Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows. It's nearing a record year for icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland.
Iceberg Map at Iceberg Finder
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posted on
05/24/2008 2:33:19 PM PDT
by
Boreas
(Character is destiny)
To: blam
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05/25/2008 9:55:30 AM PDT
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marsh2
To: marsh2
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05/25/2008 10:08:20 AM PDT
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blam
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05/26/2008 10:42:22 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: blam
L'Anse aux Meadows is the first and only authenticated Norse site on this continent. It was first brought to worldwide attention in 1960 by Helge and Anne Ingstad, a Norwegian couple who had searched for years to solve the puzzle of the sagas.I was in high school in 1960 and remember the controversy over the discovery. Questioning the originality of Columbus's discovery was considered heresy of the highest order, especially by my Italian-American history teacher.
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05/27/2008 3:02:16 AM PDT
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metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: blam; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...
To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.
Canada Ping!
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06/03/2013 5:05:15 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar)
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