In the past four to five thousand years, many people have lived at L’Anse aux Meadows; some stayed longer than others. Among these people was a small group of Norse sailors. The remains of their camp, discovered in 1960 by Helge and Anne Stine Ingstad, is the oldest known European settlement of the New World.
It is the only proven site of a Viking or Norse habitation in North America and, as such, is celebrated as the epicenter of First Contact between this continent's aboriginal people and the first Europeans to make landfall in the Western Hemisphere around 1000 AD. Archeologists have determined that this site, including several longhouses, storage sheds and workshops, was a waystation for the Viking's exploration of more distant lands to the west and south. Today this Viking site at L’Anse aux Meadows is situated on a large grassy plain, but in the year 1000, it was a wooded area with a sizable creek flowing from an inland pond.
I find these places fascinating. Looks like some of the archeological digs up in the shetlands
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Day 10 L'Anse aux Meadows
It is the only proven site of a Viking or Norse habitation in North America and, as such, is celebrated as the epicenter of First Contact between this continent's aboriginal people and the first Europeans to make landfall in the Western Hemisphere around 1000 AD. Archeologists have determined that this site, including several longhouses, storage sheds and workshops, was a waystation for the Viking's exploration of more distant lands to the west and south. Today this Viking site at L’Anse aux Meadows is situated on a large grassy plain, but in the year 1000, it was a wooded area with a sizable creek flowing from an inland pond.
I find these places fascinating. Looks like some of the archeological digs up in the shetlands
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