The Search for Vinland: Reconciling Literature and Archaeology

It is now generally accepted that Columbus was not the first white European to have visited or attempted colonization of North America. It is also generally accepted that the only hard evidence available on the subject suggests that Norse settlers made the first attempt around 1000 CE. The term most...

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Main Author: Anderson, Clifford W.
Format: Thesis
Language:unknown
Published: ODU Digital Commons 2001
Subjects:
Norse history
Vikings
Exploration and discovery
North America
Archaeological Anthropology
Canadian History
European History
L'Anse aux Meadows
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds/52
https://doi.org/10.25777/k3j4-gt32
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/history_etds/article/1052/viewcontent/Anderson_TheSearchforVinland_2001_Redacted.pdf
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Summary:It is now generally accepted that Columbus was not the first white European to have visited or attempted colonization of North America. It is also generally accepted that the only hard evidence available on the subject suggests that Norse settlers made the first attempt around 1000 CE. The term most often associated with the Norse settlement in question is "Vinland." However, several scholars are unwilling to associate Vinland with the location of the relevant archaeological find at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Utilizing an analysis of the two sagas that refer to the settlement and an authentication of the cartographical evidence, this study will attempt to reconcile literature, archaeology and geography.

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