The Search for Vinland: Reconciling Literature and Archaeology

• 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

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...