Enduring Impacts: Social and Environmental Aspects of Viking Age Settlement in Iceland and Greenland By Orri Vésteinsson, Thomas H McGovern and Christian Keller Archaeologia Islandica Vol.2 (2002) Abstract: Comparison of archaeological, paleoecological and historical evidence from the Norse colonies in Greenland and Iceland suggests that the initial settlement of both countries was dominated by a […]
Norse Greenland Settlement: Reflections on Climate Change, Trade, and The Contrasting Fates of Human Settlements in the North Atlantic Islands
April 3, 2010 By
Norse Greenland Settlement: Reflections on Climate Change, Trade, and The Contrasting Fates of Human Settlements in the North Atlantic Islands By Andrew J. Dugmore, Christian Keller, and Thomas H. McGovern Arctic Anthropology, Vol. 44, No. 1 (2007) Abstract: Changing economies and patterns of trade, rather than climatic deterioration, could have critically marginalized the Norse Greenland […]
Interview with Graeme Davis – Vikings in America
December 23, 2009 By
One of the most fascinating aspects of Norse society was their ability to explore and branch out from their base in Scandinavia. Norse sailors and colonists spread out across parts of Europe between the eight and eleventh centuries, going as far as Iceland, Greenland and North America. In his recent book, Vikings in America, Dr. […]
The Vinland Mystery
October 30, 2009 By
Made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1984, this short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America – Vinland the Good.
John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance
October 30, 2009 By
Made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1964, this short film documents John Cabot’s quest to discover a westward route across the sea to the Orient in 15th-century Europe.
Three Sources of Textual Evidence of Columbus, Crypto Jew
October 19, 2009 By
Three Sources of Textual Evidence of Columbus, Crypto Jew By Estelle Irizarry Published Online (2006) Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to add new material, based on Columbus’s writings, to the large body of historical research and forthcoming scientific analysis of DNA intended to shed light on Columbus’s origins, specifically regarding indications of his identity as […]
What did the Viking Discoverers of America Know of the North Atlantic Environment?
June 17, 2009 By
What did the Viking Discoverers of America Know of the North Atlantic Environment? By Thomas Haine Weather, Vol. 63:3 (2008) Introduction: In discovering and colonising Iceland, Greenland, and Atlantic Canada, Norse explorers displayed remarkable resilience to the harsh North Atlantic environment 500 years before Columbus reached the New World. Given such widespread exploration of the subpolar […]
L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
March 1, 2009 By
L’Anse aux Meadows has been a National Historic Site since 1977. Parks Canada operates a Visitor Centre which displays artifacts discovered during the archeological excavations.
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland
March 1, 2009 By
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland By Birgitta Wallace Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Vol. 19:1 (2003) Introduction: One thousand years ago, the Old World and the New stood face to face in the Strait of Belle Isle. The landing of the Norse on the shores of North America was not the result of […]
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
February 11, 2009 By
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman By Nancy Marie Brown Harcourt, 2007 ISBN: 978-0151014408 Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the […]
An Eleventh-Century Farmhouse in the Norse Colonies in Greenland
October 4, 2008 By
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