Determination of the Radiocarbon Age of Parchment of the Vinland Map

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Donahue, D J, Olin, J S, Harbottle, G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Cahill; Marston; Washburn; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200064651; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200064651

The Vinland Map, drawn on a 27.8 × 41.0 cm parchment bifolium, is housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. In the northwest Atlantic Ocean, it shows “the Island of Vinland, discovered by Bjarni and Leif in company.” Skelton, Marston, and Painter (Skelton et al. 196...