The Vinland Adventure: A North Atlantic Perspective

During the Viking period, Norse seafarers from Greenland attempted to plant a settlement on the North American continent. This Vinland settlement faltered in its early phases and was not successful. Its failure may be best understood from the broader perspective of the Scandinavian expansion across...

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Published in:North American Archaeologist
Main Author: Mc Govern, Thomas H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1982
Subjects:
Archeology
Greenland
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/6hn5-ac9t-twvj-qdxm
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spelling crsagepubl:10.2190/6hn5-ac9t-twvj-qdxm 2024-04-07T07:52:50+00:00 The Vinland Adventure: A North Atlantic Perspective Mc Govern, Thomas H. 1982 http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/6hn5-ac9t-twvj-qdxm http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2190/6HN5-AC9T-TWVJ-QDXM en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license North American Archaeologist volume 2, issue 4, page 285-308 ISSN 0197-6931 1541-3543 Archeology Archeology journal-article 1982 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.2190/6hn5-ac9t-twvj-qdxm 2024-03-08T03:21:21Z During the Viking period, Norse seafarers from Greenland attempted to plant a settlement on the North American continent. This Vinland settlement faltered in its early phases and was not successful. Its failure may be best understood from the broader perspective of the Scandinavian expansion across the North Atlantic islands which began ca. AD 800. Adaptive shifts in the older North Atlantic colonies, geographical factors, and the resistance of Native Americans may have combined to doom this Western-most medieval colony. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland North Atlantic SAGE Publications Greenland North American Archaeologist 2 4 285 308
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Archeology
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